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.