Report On Rick Nelson Plane Crash Centers On Cabin Heater
KATHRYN BAKER
July 30, 1986
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"Toxicology reports showed that Nelson, 45, and two members of the band had cocaine in their systems when they died. Published reports two weeks after the crash quoted NTSB investigator Rudy Kapustin as saying the agency was investigating the possibility the fire was drug-related."