MIAMI — Both of the men who died on a single-engine plane that crashed into an SUV on a Pembroke Pines street near North Perry Airport, also killing a 4-year-old boy, were FAA certified pilots.
Fort Lauderdale’s Grant Hustad Jr. is a 71-year-old father with a commercial pilot certificate for flying single-engine airplanes over land, sea and landing multi-engine airplanes on land, according to FAA records. The records say Hustad’s current certificate was issued in August 2012, but another database says Hustad has had FAA certifications since 1999.
He is the president of International Aircraft Services, an aircraft brokerage, according to the company’s website. Hustad's own father was issued a private pilot’s license in 1948, according to records.
Yaacov Nahom, a 63-year-old father from Davie, has had a private pilot’s certificate since 2017 and is rated to land single-engine aircraft on land and multi-engine airplanes on land.
The NTSB, leading the investigation into the crash, hasn’t released whether Hustad or Nahom was at the controls of the Beechcraft Bonanza that careened across Southwest 72nd Avenue, smashing into the SUV rolling up the street with Megan Bishop and son Taylor Bishop.
Both Hustad and Nahom died at the scene. Taylor died from his injuries after being taken to Hollywood’s Memorial Regional Hospital.
