ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The pilot who died in a plane crash on Sunday at a small airport in Ottawa County lived along the air strip and had built the experimental aircraft from a kit.

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ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The pilot who died in a plane crash on Sunday at a small airport in Ottawa County lived along the air strip and had built the experimental aircraft from a kit.