On October 20, 1977, three days after releasing their album Street Survivors, southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, and boarded a Convair CV-240 airplane to take them to Baton Rouge, where they were to perform at Louisiana State University. The plane, known for having mechanical issues (a fact that terrified many of the band members), ran out of fuel nearing the end of the flight. The pilot attempted a crash landing, ending in a heartbreaking tragedy.