{"id":3980,"date":"2026-01-06T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:08:29","slug":"americas-most-beloved-family-have-been-involved-in-a-fatal-plane-crash-on-route-to-a-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=3980","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s most beloved family have been involved in a fatal plane crash on route to a concert.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"436\">A tragic\u00a0<strong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"126\">plane crash in Wyoming<\/strong>\u00a0has claimed the lives of\u00a0<strong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"183\">seven members of the Nelons<\/strong>, a beloved and influential\u00a0<strong data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"234\">gospel music family<\/strong>. Those killed include\u00a0<strong data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"288\">Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark<\/strong>, their daughter\u00a0<strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"314\">Amber<\/strong>, son-in-law\u00a0<strong data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"345\">Nathan Kistler<\/strong>, family assistant\u00a0<strong data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"382\">Melanie Hodges<\/strong>, and pilot\u00a0<strong data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"410\">Larry Haynie<\/strong>\u00a0and his wife\u00a0<strong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"435\">Melissa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"748\">The sole survivor,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"483\">Autumn Nelon Streetman<\/strong>, shared a heartfelt statement expressing deep grief and gratitude for the overwhelming prayers and support. The Nelons were traveling to\u00a0<strong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"665\">Alaska for the Gaither Homecoming Cruise<\/strong>\u00a0when the aircraft went down, with witnesses reporting the plane crashed in flames.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"1062\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Inducted into the\u00a0<strong data-start=\"768\" data-end=\"809\">Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame<\/strong>\u00a0in 2016, the Nelons were known for timeless gospel songs like\u00a0<em data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"888\">\u201cCome Morning\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"928\">\u201cWe Shall Wear a Robe and Crown.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"955\">NTSB investigation<\/strong>\u00a0is ongoing as the\u00a0<strong data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1007\">gospel music community mourns<\/strong>\u00a0this devastating loss and honors their lasting legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic\u00a0plane crash in Wyoming\u00a0has claimed the lives of\u00a0seven members of the Nelons, a beloved and influential\u00a0gospel music family. Those killed include\u00a0Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark, their daughter\u00a0Amber, son-in-law\u00a0Nathan Kistler, family assistant\u00a0Melanie Hodges, and pilot\u00a0Larry Haynie\u00a0and his wife\u00a0Melissa. The sole survivor,\u00a0Autumn Nelon Streetman, shared a heartfelt statement expressing deep grief and gratitude for the overwhelming &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fsfdsfsd.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3982,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions\/3982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}