Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Plane Bounced Says FAA
The Tennessean reports that the plane that carried Dale Earnhardt Jr. experienced a hard landing and bounced, which led to the Thursday (8/15) crash, according to a report from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Accident and Incident Notice states the plane left the runway and caught fire after the landing at the end of a runway at Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
As previously reported, no injuries were reported with Earnhardt Jr., his wife, daughter, two pilots and a dog on the plane.
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