NASCAR driver Greg Biffle is dead following a place crash at the Statesville Airport in North Carolina, on Thursday, December 18, according to his friend, Garrett Mitchell.

Authorities confirmed that six people died when the Cessna C550 business jet, owned by the race car driver, crashed while landing, according to local outlet WSOC-TV.

“Unfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Christina Grossu, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane…because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us,” Mitchell, who is known as internet personality Cleetus McFarland wrote on Facebook, via People. “We are devastated. I’m so sorry to share this.”