NASCAR driver Greg Biffle perishes in plane crash (1 Viewer)

[GrauGeist]

I was not really a fan of Biffle, but he was a successful driver.

This is a sad tragedy, as he, his wife, daughter and son all died when his Cessna crashed while trying to land in inclement weather at Statesville airport in Florida.
NASCAR legend Greg Biffle and family killed in plane crash

 

[rochie]

Very sad

 

[fannum]

A true tragedy, and an amazingly humble person in an occupation dominated by egos and type "A" personalities. I'm fortunate to have been around him, and was impressed with his ability to interact with officials, drivers and fans on the same level of equality and attention. Recently lauded for SE hurricane aid, this was common for him.
He was NASCAR Champion in two of their three divisions, and barely missed winning the third, which no one else has done.

 

[KLS&C 85]

Here is a good report on how this plane crash happened.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKiPUBFFgQM
He flies this type of plane. He also explains what the NTSB got wrong in their briefing. It is a lot!
Also a father and son were piloting the aircraft. Another family tragedy.

 

[fannum]

Clickbait trash, for all his know-it-all attitude, Gryder spends 35 minutes patting himself on the back and then giving you less than 6 minutes of speculative confusion. The fact that the majority of video is of him and he bases all on "his special, private sources" underlines the ego and 'get it out first, but not accurate' element.

There's a lot of other information now available that he doesn't mention, like a missing forward baggage door.

I agree with a few nuggets of information, though unverified, but he buries them in so much meandering BS that a non-aviator is left with so much extraneous garbage, you're still sorting it out.

I'm rated in Hawker, Gulfstream and Lear bizjets, mostly Lear 35 and have flown Citations.

I don't understand why they took off with a 'rough engine' if that Unicom TX is accurate.

Bottom Line. The rest is bad decision after bad decision in unexpectedly deteriorating weather and equipment malfunction.