the scene since early morning. the initial conclusion is that the plane suffered from a hard landing. >> the airplane bounced twice before coming down hard on the right main landing gear. you can see the right main landing gear collapsing. >> you can hear the cutting going on now. they're going to take the plane apart and look at the engines and the nose to try to determine what caused this failure, trace. >> trace: i know earnhardt's sister says they're safe. do we know the extent of the injuries? >> it's remarkable when you compare the scene, just the charred corpse of a plane and five people came out, including an infant. they were all checked out for minor bruises and burns. the sister says they're okay. but it's remarkable. the plane was on fire.