STATESVILLE, N.C.—Federal investigators are trying to figure out why a business jet carrying retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and six others tried to return to a North Carolina airport just after takeoff but plowed into light poles and a tree line short of the runway, killing everyone on board.
The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground Thursday morning, about a third of a mile (550 meters) from the airport’s runway. They also don’t know who the was the lead pilot. Biffle was one of three people on board with a pilot’s license.
