The NTSB's final accident report points to actions by the pilot and co-pilot in the Aug. 15, 2019, plane crash at an airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Earnhardt was with wife Amy, 15-month-old daughter Isla and two pilots when their Cessna Citation Latitude crashed and caught fire. The flight crew reported that thrust reversers, which help an airplane decelerate during landing, were applied after the first touchdown. Co-pilot Jeffrey Melton said that after thrust was increased, “the power never comes,” the NTSB said in a previous report. The report listed the pilot's inability to attain or maintain airspeed and the descent rate, plus the decision-making of the pilot, as probable causes of the crash.

Source: Fox News September 24, 2020 19:41 UTC