Wadsworth Estate Files Wrongful-Death Suit After Statesville Plane Crash
The estate of Craig Wadsworth, a passenger killed in a plane crash in Statesville, NC, in December 2025, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the estate of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and others. The suit alleges Biffle hired an unqualified…
Lafayette, IN, October 21, 2026 —
The estate of Craig Wadsworth has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the estate of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and others over a December 2025 plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina, according to the provided summary.
Wadsworth was a passenger killed in the crash. The lawsuit alleges that Biffle hired his son as co-pilot despite the son being unqualified, and that the decision was made to save costs. The suit alleges this led to the fatal crash. These are allegations in the lawsuit; no findings or response from the defendants were included in the summary.
The crash also killed Biffle and five other passengers, the summary says. It does not identify the other passengers or provide details about the aircraft, the circumstances of the crash, or any investigation into its cause.
The summary does not provide the date the lawsuit was filed, the court where it was brought, the names of the other defendants, or the amount of damages sought. It also does not say whether the estates of Biffle or the other passengers have responded to the allegations. No information was provided about the co-pilot’s qualifications beyond the lawsuit’s allegation that he was unqualified.
The case centers on the Wadsworth estate’s claims about the choice of co-pilot and its alleged connection to the crash. The allegations have not been independently established in the information provided. Further procedural details and any response from the parties were not included in the summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Alianna Kendall-Brooks, Jordan Gartner on www.wlfi.com, see more information here.
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