In the audio obtained from LiveATC.net, the pilot was having a calm conversation with air traffic control and gave a natural sign off before a mechanical issue caused the plane to begin its fatal descent. “Stall recovery! Stall recovery!” the pilot shouts before his audio cuts out.

BATH TWP. — The crew of a small jet plane that crashed on Thursday, Oct. 16, in a wooded area northeast of Lansing was on a test flight following scheduled maintenance performed in Battle Creek, the aircraft maintenance company said. The company, Duncan Aviation, said the Beechcraft Hawker 800XP was on a "stall flight" when the crash happened.

The airplane that went down outside of Lansing on Thursday night took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field, officials confirmed with FOX 17.

Bone-chilling audio captured the exact moment a tower lost contact with a doomed private jet -- seconds before it came crashing down in Michigan, killing three.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Three people have died in a small plane crash in Bath Township, according to township officials. Police say the crash occurred at around 5:00 p.m. near the intersection of Clark Road and Peacock Road. Three passengers were confirmed to be aboard the plane. Police say all three have been confirmed deceased. […]

Three people were killed after a small plane crashed on Thursday in a wooded area in Bath Township, Mich., the authorities said. The Bath Township Fire Department and Police Department responded to the crash about 5 p.m., Ryan Fewins-Bliss, the Bath Township supervisor, said in a news release.