Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family were among the seven people who died in a plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport on Thursday

One of the black boxes from the plane crash that killed former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family was found, the NTSB said during a news briefing Friday afternoon. The black box from the Cessna C550 is en route to Washington D.C., where it will be inspected.

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,

The sheriff confirmed fatalities, but did not say whether Biffle was on the plane. Mitchell confirmed that the Biffle family was coming over to his Florida home to ‘spend the afternoon with us’.

The crash at Statesville Regional Airport killed popular NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife and two kids, and three other people.

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A Cessna C550 Citation II crashed at Statesville Regional Airport (SVH) in North Carolina on Thursday, December 18, 2025, a tragedy which resulted in the death of seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. A joint statement from NASCAR and the family confirmed this tragic loss.

Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.

Eyewitness recalls horrific moment Greg Biffle's plane crashed and burst into flames. According to a joint family statement, Biffle's wife, Christina Grossu, his son, Ryder, his d