Career
On February 26, 1964, Tyler appeared before the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration investigating Baker"s business and political activities and refused to testify, citing her Fifth Amendment rights. On May 9, 1965, Tyler died when the single-engine Waco biplane in which she was a passenger crashed into five feet of water 200 yards offshore in the Atlantic Ocean bordering Ocean City, Maryland. She was buried three days later at Lake View Cemetery in Lenoir City, Tennessee.
In October, the Civil Aeronautics Board laid responsibility for the accident on the pilot, a World World War II bomber pilot with 5,700 hours of experience.
The Civil Aeronautics Board specified the cause of the crash as " loss of control caused by the improper execution of a low-level acrobatic maneuver.".
