In this photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a Gulfstream jet lies on the ground after a crash landing Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Key West, Fla. Officials say the aircraft carrying Rick and Linda Hendrick had a brake malfunction and overran the runway Monday night. The Hendricks, a pilot and co-pilot were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. The Hendricks, according to Monroe County Airports' Director Peter Horton, sustained minor injuries. The pilot and copilot were transported for precautionary reasons. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Evan Calhoun)
In this photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a Gulfstream jet lies on the ground after a crash landing Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Key West, Fla. Officials say the aircraft carrying Rick and Linda Hendrick had a brake malfunction and overran the runway Monday night. The Hendricks, a pilot and co-pilot were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. The Hendricks, according to Monroe County Airports' Director Peter Horton, sustained minor injuries. The pilot and copilot were transported for precautionary reasons. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Evan Calhoun)
In a photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a firefighter sprays a Gulfstream jet after a crash landing Monday night, Oct. 31, 2011, in Key West, Fla. Officials say the aircraft carrying Rick and Linda Hendrick ran off the runway. The Hendricks, a pilot and co-pilot were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. Two have minor injuries, though it was not clear who. The other two were taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Sgt. Evan Calhoun)
In this photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a Gulfstream jet lies on the ground after a crash landing Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Key West, Fla. Officials say the aircraft carrying Rick and Linda Hendrick ran off the runway Monday ngith. The Hendricks, a pilot and co-pilot were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. Two have minor injuries, though it was not clear who. The other two were taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Evan Calhoun)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) ? A small jet carrying the owner of NASCAR's top team and his wife lost its brakes and crash landed at a Key West, Fla., airport Monday evening, and the couple suffered minor injuries, officials said.
The Gulfstream 150 aircraft ran off the runway at the Key West International Airport Monday at 7:45 p.m. Rick and Linda Hendrick, a pilot and co-pilot were all taken to Lower Keys Medical Centers. The Hendricks had minor injuries and the pilot and co-pilot were taken in as a precaution, said county airport director Peter Horton.
The plane is registered to Jimmie Johnson Racing II Incorporated in Charlotte, N.C. Johnson is a five-time defending NASCAR champion and drives for Hendrick Motorsports, which Rick Hendrick owns.
Besides Johnson, Hendrick also fields cars for four-time champion Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. The team recently celebrated its 199th career victory in the Sprint Cup Series.
"It was a real big scare. Very frightening to hear," Earnhardt told reporters in Las Vegas, where he was attending the annual SEMA show, which showcases automotive specialty-equipment. "I'm very glad that he and everybody appears to be OK."
In 2004, a plane Hendrick owned crashed en route to a race in Martinsville, Va., killing all 10 onboard. That included Hendrick's son, Ricky, his brother and twin nieces.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the pilot and co-pilot radioed that the plane had no brakes upon landing in Key West. Horton said the plane ran off the runway, and then 100 feet beyond a 600-foot safety area that was finished in May.
"If we hadn't done that, it likely would have been a different story," Horton said of the safety area that is meant as a runway overrun space.
Photographs of the crash show the plane largely intact and with its nose resting on the ground about 20 feet in front of a chain-linked airport boundary fence.
The National Transportation and Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.
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