Hendrick says seat came loose in plane crash

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rick Hendrick's seat came loose during the Oct. 31 plane accident in which he suffered four broken ribs and a broken shoulder when a Hendrick Motorsports plane lost its brakes and skidded off the runway in Key West, Hendrick said Monday.

Hendrick spent a week in a North Carolina hospital. His wife, Linda, suffered some bruises to her leg.

Hendrick said Monday he spent three weeks sleeping in a chair and still has daily therapy sessions but is doing better.

"My belt was on, and something came loose in the seat itself," Hendrick said during a teleconference Monday. "I hit the bulkhead and my wife. My chest and head went into the seat in front of me, and that's where I got my ribs [broken] and I had a concussion.

"We were very fortunate. We're glad that it wasn't any worse than it was. We're healing up. We don't have any of the answers yet on exactly what happened there, but there's a lot of smart people involved and we'll get that figured out pretty soon, I hope."

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