A potentially fatal plane crashed was avoided after a pilot landed his plane on a West Michigan Highway. Flight instructor Steven Chanter was in the air with a student pilot Thursday when he says the plane's engine began to sputter and the oil pressure dropped.
“It got real very fast,” Chanter said. “At that point it’s, are we going to the airport, or are we going to an off air landing,” he said.
The closet airport was in Sparta, which Chanter said he could see off to his left. However, that’s when the engine completely shut off.