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