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3 killed in Florida Plane Crash: Pilot Former Glenwood Business Owner

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GLENWOOD, Minn. — A former Glenwood, Minn., business owner has been identified as one of the three people killed Monday, March 15, in a fiery plane crash in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Grant Hustad Jr., 71, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Yaacov Nahom, 63, of Davie, Florida, were identified by the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office as the two occupants in the single-engine plane that were killed when it crashed short of the runway for the North Perry Airport.

Screenshot of private doorbell cam on the moment of impact when the plane hit the street. (Video screenshot courtesy of MiamiHerald.com)

The wreck was caught on a doorbell cam by a resident’s home. The single-engine Beechcraft plane crashed into an SUV and killed a 4-year-old boy identified as Taylor Bishop. According to the Miami Herald, the victim’s mother, Megan Bishop, was driving the SUV and was injured.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. According to news accounts, the NTSB has not released which of the two occupants in the plane was its pilot. Both men were certified pilots.