"WASHINGTON -- Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from federal safety officials who also concluded that no one on board was qualified to serve as copilot of the aircraft."
"The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said that Biffle and the retired airline pilot at the controls, Dennis Dutton, and his son Jack all noticed problems with gauges malfunctioning on the Cessna C550 before it crashed while trying to return to the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina."
"Biffle's wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5, and Emma, 14, were killed in the crash along with his friend, Craig Wadsworth."
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not piloting the Cessna C550 when it crashed, killing him and six others. Dennis Dutton, a retired airline pilot, was at the controls during the flight; his son, Jack, was also aboard. Biffle, Dutton, and Jack all noticed malfunctioning gauge readings before the airplane crashed while attempting to return to Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina. Federal safety officials determined that no one on board was qualified to serve as copilot. Biffle's wife Cristina, children Ryder (5) and Emma (14), and friend Craig Wadsworth also died in the crash.
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