Question: when did lynyrd skynyrd's plane crash happen?
Answer: October 20 , 1977

On October 20 , 1977 , a Convair CV - 240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L&J Company of Addison , Texas , ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg , Mississippi , near the end of its flight from Greenville , South Carolina , to Baton Rouge , Louisiana .