Ex-NASCAR star Greg Biffle's deadly plane crash recalls several aviation tragedies to hit sports world

Tragedy struck the satellite of NASCAR connected Thursday erstwhile a level carrying erstwhile racing prima Greg Biffle, members of his household and others crashed successful North Carolina.

The level was returning to the Statesville Regional Airport astir 10 minutes aft takeoff for an "emergency landing." Biffle, 55, was killed alongside his wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5, and Emma, 14. Three different radical killed connected committee were identified arsenic Dennis Dutton, his lad Jack and Craig Wadsworth.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was inactive investigating the origin of the crash.

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NASCAR operator Greg Biffle (16) watches during the NASCAR Sylvania 300 car contention astatine the New Hampshire Motor Speedway successful Loudon, New Hampshire, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)

The deadly aviation incidental was the latest that has struck the sports world.

US fig skaters

German's runner-up successful the pairs Mandy Wotzel (L) and Ingo Steuer (2nd L) with winners Evgenia Shishkova (front right)and Vadim Naumov question to fans successful the awarding ceremonial of the NHK Trophy fig skating expansive prix successful Nagoya, cardinal Japan. (Reuters)

The U.S. fig skating assemblage took a hard deed successful January 2025 erstwhile a U.S. Army chopper collided with an American Airlines level implicit the Potomac River. Six fig skaters associated with the Skating Club of Boston perished successful the crash, including Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, 2 coaches, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, and Jin Han, the parent of Jinna, and Christine Lane, the parent of Spencer.

Alan Kulwicki

Alan Kulwicki died successful a 1993 level crash. (ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

Alan Kulwicki was a rising prima successful NASCAR. He won the 1986 Rookie of the Year and 4 years aboriginal took location the drivers’ title implicit Bill Elliott. In April 1993, Kulwicki, 2 Hooters executives and the aviator of the pitchy they were connected crashed connected attack to landing successful Tennessee. The NTSB said the aviator failed to wide the motor inlet of ice.

Davey Allison

Davey Allison was victorious with the trophy aft winning a contention astatine Daytona International Speedway connected Feb. 16, 1992. (George Tiedemann /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Davey Allison, the lad of legendary NASCAR operator Bobby Allison, was a rising prima successful NASCAR erstwhile the chopper helium was piloting crashed successful the infield astatine Talladega Superspeedway successful Alabama. The clang occurred successful July 1993 – conscionable a fewer months aft Kulwicki died. The NTSB blamed the clang connected Allison’s inexperience arsenic a pilot.

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Payne Stewart

Payne Stewart of the USA checks the enactment of his putt during the U.S. Open astatine Hazeltine National Golf Club successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, successful 1991. (David Cannon/Allsport)

Payne Stewart was an 11-time PGA Tour winner, who had won the U.S. Open doubly and the PGA Championship erstwhile during his play career. He died successful 1999 erstwhile his backstage level mislaid compartment pressure, sidesplitting each 4 passengers and some pilots. The level continued connected autopilot until it ran retired of substance and crashed successful a tract successful South Dakota.

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, earlier the opening crippled of the National League playoffs connected Oct. 7, 1971. (Getty Images)

Roberto Clemente played 18 years successful the majors for the Pittsburgh Pirates and won 2 World Series championships. But his humanitarian efforts are what took him from a terrific subordinate to an all-time great. He was bringing exigency supplies to the survivors of a Nicaraguan earthquake erstwhile the overloaded level crashed connected takeoff from Puerto Rico connected New Year’s Eve successful 1972.

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Marshall Thundering Herd football

Five rescue workers hunt the wreckage of a level clang successful Huntington, West Virginia. The level carried the full Marshall University Football squad and each passengers were killed. (Getty Images)

Nearly 40 members of the Marshall Thundering Herd shot squad were among the 75 killed erstwhile Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed into a elevation successful West Virginia successful 1970. Five coaches, 7 staffers and 21 boosters were besides connected committee arsenic the squad was returning location from a crippled against East Carolina.

Thurman Munson

New York Yankees prima catcher, Thurman Munson was killed Aug. 2, 1979, successful a clang of his backstage level adjacent Canton, Ohio. (Getty Images)

Thurman Munson was connected his mode to becoming the adjacent large New York Yankees catcher. He won the 1970 American League Rookie of the Year and the MVP successful 1976. He was named the team’s archetypal skipper since Lou Gehrig. He bought a level truthful helium could alert it backmost to Ohio, his home, connected his disconnected days. He was practicing landings erstwhile helium clipped a histrion connected the attack to Akron-Canton-Regional Airport successful 1979. Munson was paralyzed connected interaction and suffocated successful a occurrence that ensued.

Kobe Bryant

In this June 7, 2009, record photo, Los Angeles Lakers defender Kobe Bryant (24) points to a subordinate down him aft making a handbasket successful the closing seconds against the Orlando Magic successful Game 2 of the NBA hoops finals successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

January 2020 had 1 of the darkest and astir unfathomable moments successful sports. Kobe Bryant, his girl and 7 others were connected a chopper flying backmost from a hoops tourney successful California erstwhile the craft crashed extracurricular of Los Angeles. The NTSB blamed the aviator for the origin of the crash.

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano is victorious implicit Harry Matthews astatine Yankee Stadium. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Rocky Marciano near the boxing satellite undefeated and a champion erstwhile helium decided to discontinue from the athletics successful 1956. He died successful August 1969 erstwhile an inexperienced aviator crashed into a histrion successful atrocious upwind 3 miles from an Iowa airfield.

Roy Halladay

Roy Halladay #34 of the Philadelphia Phillies delivers a transportation against the New York Mets connected Aug. 14, 2010 astatine Citi Field successful the Flushing vicinity of the Queens borough of New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Roy Halladay was 1 of baseball’s mythical pitchers, playing for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. He’s 1 of the fewer pitchers to propulsion a no-hitter successful the postseason. In 2019, Halladay crashed a athletics level helium had purchased into the Gulf of Mexico. The NTSB said helium was impaired by precocious levels of amphetamines and was attempting utmost aerobatic stunts erstwhile helium mislaid power of the aircraft.

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Cory Lidle

Cory Lidle #30 of the New York Yankees is surrounded by teammates successful the bottommost of the 5th inning against the Detroit Tigers during Game Four of the 2006 American League Division Series connected Oct. 7, 2006 astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit, Michigan. (Elsa/Getty Images)

New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was killed successful 2006 erstwhile the tiny level helium owned was blown by beardown winds into a residential gathering successful New York City.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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