Plane struggled to take off days before Broward crash, student pilot says
A student pilot involved in last week’s plane crash near a state hospital told Pembroke Pines police the same aircraft experienced takeoff problems days before the accident, according to an incident report.
The report says the student pilot told officers she and her instructor attempted to fly the aircraft the week before the May 29 crash, but aborted the class because, “the aircraft was not gaining enough speed.”
The student pilot said that while in the air just after taking off from North Perry Airport, they noticed engine failure, then began to nose-dive and crashed.