Grant Hustad Jr., 71, formerly of Glenwood, was a certified pilot who has been living in Florida. He and another occupant in a single-engine plane were killed in a fiery crash Monday that also took the life of a 4-year-old boy who was in an SUV struck by the plane.
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UPDATE: Plane backfired before crash in Florida neighborhood that killed child on the ground
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Child dies at hospital, becoming third victim from small plane crash in Pembroke Pines
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A small plane sputtered and backfired even before it taxied to a takeoff that ended tragically when it slammed into an SUV, killing both men aboard the aircraft and a 4-year-old boy in the vehicle, a preliminary report released Tuesday shows.
The National Transportation Safety Board report does not say what caused the March 15 crash, which happened moments after the single-engine Beech B36TC took off on a training flight from North Perry Airport in suburban Fort Lauderdale.
by Terry Spencer, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 6, 2021 8:01 pm ADT
Last Updated Apr 6, 2021 at 8:09 pm ADT
NTSB investigators work the scene of a plane crash near North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Tuesday, March 16, 2021. A four-year-old child riding in a vehicle on the ground and the pilot and passenger in the plane were killed. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A small plane sputtered and backfired even before it taxied to a takeoff that ended tragically when it slammed into an SUV, killing both men aboard the aircraft and a 4-year-old boy in the vehicle, a preliminary report released Tuesday shows.