911 calls from Greg Biffle plane crash detail callers’ first descriptions of the scene

Newly released 911 calls have provided a harrowing firsthand look into the final moments of the recent plane crash that killed retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family, and three others. The audio recently made public captures the immediate aftermath of the Thursday, December 18, tragic incident at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.

The audio recordings paint a picture of a sudden, violent event that left witnesses in shock as they watched the Biffle’s plane go down.

Several of the most chilling accounts came from witnesses at nearby golf courses. One caller, positioned at the Lakewood Golf Club just east of the airport, told Iredell County 911 that the plane was flying dangerously low before disappearing into the trees.

Here’s what a caller said (via WLOS News 13):

“Hello, I’m at Lakewood Golf Course right now, and we just had a plane fly over our heads and crash into the tree line and a huge explosion near the runway out here. We’re on hole one, and it came from the tree line to our right…flew right over our heads and clipped the tree lines by hole nine and went straight downwards. And a huge explosion. I don’t know if the guys OK,”

According to abcnews4.com, the Iredell County 911 dispatch center received multiple calls at around 10:15 a.m. about the crash.

Another caller, apparently at or near the airport, said about the crash:

“Yeah, it had a pretty good-sized fireball. Whoever was on the plane probably did not make it; it threw a big fireball,”

In another call from an employee at the Statesville airport, called in a state of panic, urging dispatchers to shut down the facility immediately. The caller went on to say that there were at least two pilots and four passengers on the plane.

Investigation going on into Greg Biffle’s tragic plane crash

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are currently analyzing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recovered from Greg Biffle’s plane crash scene. Early indications in the investigations suggest that mechanical issues or environmental factors may have played a role, though officials confirmed that no conclusions have yet been reached.

Greg Biffle’s owned Cessna Citation 550 took off from Statesville Regional Airport at around 10 am on December 18. Immediately, the plane turned back after departure before crashing and erupting in flames. All seven people on the plane were killed, including veteran Biffle, his wife Cristina, their two children, pilot Dennis Dutton, his son Jack, and family friend Craig Wadsworth.