Hendrick Motorsports plane crashes near Stuart, killing 10
2004
Stuart
A Hendrick Motorsports plane bound for a race at Martinsville crashed into mountainous terrain at Stuart on Oct. 24, 2004, killing all 10 aboard.
A Beech King Air 200 operated by Hendrick Motorsports crashed into mountainous terrain at Stuart at about 12:35 p.m. during a missed approach to the Martinsville/Blue Ridge Airport. The plane had left Concord, North Carolina carrying team employees and others to a race at Martinsville Speedway, and the two crew members and eight passengers died. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the crew's failure to properly fly the published instrument approach and missed-approach procedure.