OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. — Michigan State Police say there are no survivors in a plane crash in Oceana County. It happened south of 102nd Avenue in Shelby Township around 6:15 p.m. Friday evening.
The pilot has been identified as 56-year-old Raymond Gundy of Muskegon County. The passenger was 48-year-old Troy Caris of from Holton. They were the only occupants of the plane, police say.
Nicki Stovall, a neighbor, said she was in the kitchen preparing dinner when hearing the engine fail. "One of my two daughters actually saw the plane go past our living room windows."
Stovall was quick to grab her shoes, running out of her basement door toward where she thought it had landed. "I thought it was right here in our backyard."
The plane had actually crashed just across the street from them.
"I've never seen anything like it."
The crash scene is one mile from the Oceana County airport.
Crews from the Federal Aviation Agency, National Transportation Safety Board and Cessna Aviation company are at the scene to determine the cause of the crash.
"Please keep the families in your thoughts during this difficult time," said a State Police representative.
Help on the scene of plane crash in Oceana Co.
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