N3851N-ext4 Published on February 2, 2015 in 3 February 1959: “The Day the Music Died”Full resolution (720 × 479) ← Previous Next → This Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza, N3851N, is the same type aircraft in which Buddy Hooly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed, 3 February 1959. (Unattributed)