Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed on Thursday in Bath Township, Michigan, leaving three people dead.

Three people are dead after a small plane crashed in Bath Township, Michigan, on Thursday evening, city officials said.

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.

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.

Authorities are investigating after a small plane plummeted from the sky in Lansing, Michigan, and crashed into a wooded area.

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.

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.

Michigan State Police are responding to a plane crash in Bath Township Thursday evening, Police told News 10. Police confirmed the plane crashed in Bath Township in Clinton County around 5 p.m. between Peacock and Upton.