Greg Biffle and his family died in the plane crash on Thursday. Instagram/cristinagbiffle
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Cristina Biffle, the wife of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, sent a heartbreaking text to her mother before the fatal plane crash that took the lives of the couple and their two children.

The tragic accident occurred Thursday morning when the Cessna C500 that the family was traveling in crashed and burst into flames as it attempted to land at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina just before 10:30 a.m. ET.

Heartbreaking details reported by People suggested that Cristina knew something was wrong during the ill-fated flight. She texted her mom, Cathy Grossu, “We’re in trouble” just before the crash.

Cristina Biffle, the wife of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, sent a haunting text to her mother before the fatal plane crash that took the lives of the couple and their two children.

The Biffle family was flying on a trip to Florida. Instagram/cristinagbiffle

The tragic accident occurred Thursday morning when the Cessna C500 that the family was traveling in crashed and burst into flames as it attempted to land at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina just before 10:30 a.m. ET.

Heartbreaking details reported by People suggested that Cristina knew something was wrong during the ill-fated flight. She texted her mom, Cathy Grossu, “We’re in trouble” just before the crash.

“So we’re devastated. We’re brokenhearted.”

All of the victims were headed to Florida for a birthday trip, Grossu said.

The grief-stricken mother and grandmother called the entire situation “hard to bear” and said she couldn’t “believe they’re gone.”

Grossu told People that she couldn’t remember what the last words she said to her daughter, Greg or the kids were, but “they were happy.”

“Beyond his racing career, he gave of himself for the betterment of our community. Most notably, Greg spent countless hours of his time helping the citizens of North Carolina during the disasters that followed Hurricane Helene,” NASCAR said as part of a statement.

Grossu noted that one of her last conversations with Cristina was about Santa letters that she would send to families in need.

“She said, ‘Mom, can you go pick up the last 17 letters that are at Staples? I want to get them in the mail before I get on the plane tomorrow,’” she told People. “So I ran over and got ’em and took them to their house, and when they got home last night, she put them in envelopes and finished them all up to get them off to those last 17 families to bring joy to them, and that would be the last thing that she would’ve done.”

According to online tracking data, the Cessna C550 took off just after 10:00 a.m. Soon after, the plane attempted to turn around and return to the airport. The plane was attempting to land before the fatal crash.