The two people onboard 'walked away with no injuries,' state police said. The plane was identified by authorities as a single-engine Piper PA-28 built in 1978 and listed as registered to a company in West Bloomfield Township. The pair had taken off from Skyway Estates Airport in Eaton Rapids and crashed nearby at about 6 p.m., Michigan State Police reported on Twitter. Two people survived a small plane crash June 14 in Eaton County. in Oceana County’s Shelby Township, killing pilot Raymond Gundy, 56, of Muskegon County, and his passenger, Troy Caris, 48, of Holton, Michigan State Police said. The single-engine plane crashed about 6 p.m. The crash follows another small plane crash on July 15 in west Michigan, which killed the pilot and another man. The cause of the crash is under investigation, Yax said. 'I know there's a dog missing, so I will be looking every morning.' 'To hear this happen is very scary. I'm hoping everybody's OK,' she said. She found out about the crash through Facebook but heard the sirens from first responders earlier.

Tracy Stefaides lives about half a mile from the airport and said she sees pilots taking off of the runway all the time.

Neither person who died in the crash has been identified, pending notification of their families.First responders were searching for a dog on board that was missing. Witnesses told police that the people who helped free the pilot used baseball bats to break glass in order to reach him inside the burning wreckage. The pilot appeared to be coherent and was sent to Detroit Receiving Hospital for treatment.

'Courageous' witnesses were able to help pull the pilot free, Thornton said. No one on the ground was injured, and no buildings were damaged. Mark Thornton of the Detroit Police Department. The NTSB is expected to release a preliminary report within 10 days.Īs the plane descended, it hit a tree and flipped over, catching fire, said Capt. The pilot had reported having a problem with the plane's landing gear and was low on fuel short before the accident, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.īoth the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash. The third person on board, the pilot, appeared to have escaped the wreckage with help from witnesses, according to ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ. Young International Airport when a Cessna 210 crashed and exploded. Two people died Sunday near Detroit Coleman A.

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