NTSB releases preliminary report on Earnhardt plane crash

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says part of the landing gear collapsed and a section of the right wing hit the runway as the plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr. touched down a third time during its crash in East Tennessee last week.
The NTSB released a preliminary report Friday essentially repeating the description investigators offered at a news conference last week.
Earnhardt, a NASCAR television analyst and retired driver, was with wife Amy, 15-month-o