Greg Biffle, the retired NASCAR driver who died when his jet crashed last month, was not the one flying the aircraft, federal investigators said on Friday.
The preliminary report shared by the National Transportation Safety Board said that retired airline pilot, Dennis Dutton, was at the controls, and his son Jack, was in the copilot seat.
What we know:
Neither Jack Dutton nor Biffle had the right endorsement on their pilot’s licenses to serve as a copilot on that plane, but it’s not clear whether that played any role in the crash.
The report said that a thrust reverser indicator light wasn’t working before takeoff, but after the plane got into the air, the pilot’s altimeter and some other instruments weren’t working.
Biffle’s wife, Cristina, and children Ryder, 5,…
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