PALMER — Witnesses to a late September plane crash that killed a Palmer pilot heard the Cessna 206 engine sputter after takeoff, just before the plane went down, according to a new federal report.
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Watch 74 seconds from engine failure to crash

The engine sputters, then goes silent. From that moment, there are only 74 seconds to react, choose a landing spot, and fight gravity. The footage shows how brutally fast everything unfolds.