Six killed in small plane crash near Wisconsin Dells
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Six people, including a child, were killed Tuesday night when a small plane crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona, Wisconsin, authorities said.
The six-seat, single-engine Piper PA-46 was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it went down near Wisconsin Dells. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Department received multiple reports of a downed aircraft around 9:30 p.m., and authorities said the crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Five adults and one child were found dead.
Rain was falling as a thunderstorm moved through the area. The aircraft had been in contact with a nearby air traffic control tower before the crash, and investigators were reviewing those transmissions and examining whether weather played a role. Channel 3000 reported that ice had accumulated on the plane’s wings during the storm and described the pilot as experienced.
No structures were damaged, and no one on the ground was injured, police said. The victims’ names were not initially released, though later reports identified the pilot as a Wisconsin businessman and said a local warehouse owner was among those killed.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
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