3 Dead In Michigan Plane Crash

The tragic trend of aviation accidents in the United States continues.

Three people have been confirmed dead after a plane crashed in Michigan.

According to Michigan authorities, a twin-engine twin-engine Hawker 800 exploded resulting in the plane to fall 12,000 feet in under a minute.

The words words heard from the pilot were “Stall, recovery, stall, recovery!”

The Lansing State Journal had more details to share on the deadly plane crash:

Three people are dead after a plane crash east of downtown Bath, according to local authorities.

A plane crashed the evening of Oct. 16 near the intersection of Clark and Peacock roads, Ryan Fewins-Bliss, township supervisor, said in a statement.

Three people were on the plane and all are confirmed dead, Fewins-Bliss added.

Fewins Bliss said it’s unclear what caused the plane to crash or what its intended destination was.

FAA officials are on scene and investigating, according to the statement.

Lt. Rene Gonzalez, a spokesperson for the Michigan State Police First District which includes Lansing, confirmed the crash earlier Oct. 16 and said Bath Township police were coordinating the response.

Police have Clark Road closed at Peacock.

Tracking from FlightAware, a digital aviation company that operates a flight tracking and data platform, shows a Beechcraft Hawker 800 jet took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport and flew northeast until reaching an area north of Interstate 69, where its flight track ends.

Authorities are investigating after a small plane plummeted from the sky in Lansing, Michigan, and crashed into a wooded area, killing all three people on board. @DavidMuir reports. https://t.co/VQx7LGvlam pic.twitter.com/YTEC5GSRYa

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Global Air reported in 2024, a similar Hawker business jet also suffered a tragic accident in the air in Utah:

The crew on a Hawker 900XP (N900VA) was performing a stall warning and systems check-in before spiraling into terrain in a remote area near the Utah-Colorado border on Feb. 7. The flight track data showed the Hawker in a rapid descent in the shape of a corkscrew before impacting terrain and catching fire. Both the pilot and copilot were killed in the crash.

A Hawker 900XP, operated by Vici Aviation and managed by Clay Lacy Aviation, arrived at the West Star Aviation’s facility at Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) in Grand Junction, Colorado on Dec. 20, 2023 for routine maintenance. According to preliminary information NTSB investigators received from the facility, multiple routine inspections have been completed on this plane, including a requirement to remove the wing-leading edges and TKS panels to check for cracks and signs of corrosion. After the inspections were complete, the plane returned to service on Feb. 6.

The flight crew was planning to fly the plane from GJT to Gig Harbor, Washington on the day of the crash to perform a stall warning and system check, which is following the airframe manufacturer’s requirements. The requirements are listed in the pilot’s operating manual and include a required altitude of above 10,000 ft above ground level, 10,000 ft above clouds and below 18,000 ft mean sea level. The check flight can only be conducted during day visual meteorological conditions and with a good visual horizon, with the autopilot disengaged, an operative stall identification system, the external surfaces free of ice, an empty ventral tank and weather radar on standby.