NTSB Preliminary Report Released On Greg Biffle Plane Crash

Two more videos have surfaced analyzing the Greg Biffle Plane Crash. The NTSB preliminary report on the Citation II crash reveals a tragic chain of decisions that stacked risk long before the aircraft left the runway. While early speculation focused on engine failure, the evidence points elsewhere—toward crew configuration, regulatory decisions, degraded weather, and a cascading loss of situational awareness.

This analysis breaks down who was actually flying the aircraft, why an unqualified right-seat occupant mattered, and how sentiment over safety became the first link in a fatal accident chain. They examine abnormal engine indications, rejected takeoff criteria, electrical system issues, flight instrument failures, and the consequences of departing VFR with deteriorating weather while attempting to pick up an IFR clearance in the air.

The flight encountered increasing workload, poor visibility, low altitude maneuvering, and compromised instrumentation. When airspeed awareness was lost on final approach, there was no margin left. The result was a loss of control accident that did not involve a confirmed engine failure, but rather a convergence of human factors, operational decisions, and degraded systems.

This video is not about judgment—it’s about understanding how otherwise competent, well-intentioned pilots can be trapped by risk stacking and convenience. The lessons here apply across general aviation, corporate aviation, and airline operations: crew qualification matters, regulations exist for a reason, and sentiment has no place on the flight deck.

January 30, 2026

The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report into the plane crash that killed former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family and three others determined that Biffle was not flying the plane owned by his GB Aviation Leasing LLC company when it crashed on Dec. 18.

Per the report released Friday, the plane was flown by Dennis Dutton, a pilot certified to operate numerous commercial aircraft, with his son Jack, in the right cockpit seat. Biffle, a licensed pilot with “civil flight experience that included over 3,500 hours of flight time,” was seated behind the two and is identified as the rear passenger in the report.

However, neither Biffle nor Jack Dutton were licensed to fly the Cessna Citation. The report notes that Dennis Dutton was licensed to fly the Citation with a second-in-command on board, and even though Jack Dutton was a pilot himself, he “was not qualified to perform second in command duties for the flight,” according to the NTSB, as he had just over 175 hours of single-engine aircraft experience.

See the report, the clues, the questions. How much was Greg involved? Were there clues from the beginning?