The NTSB has released information that brings some light to the accident that likely induced a lot more adrenaline than race car driving does to 44-year-old professional driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the son of the legendary NASCAR Hall of Fame competitor Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
NTSB Releases Details from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Crash
Key Takeaways:
- Professional driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife, and one-year-old daughter, along with two pilots, survived a fiery plane crash at Elizabethton Municipal Airport.
- The Cessna Citation Latitude jet bounced multiple times on the runway, causing the right main landing gear to collapse before overrunning the runway and catching fire.
- All five occupants safely evacuated the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames.
- The NTSB is investigating the incident, having recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data from the avionics, with witness information consistent with surveillance video.
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