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Six people, including a child, killed in Wisconsin plane crash
A plane crash killed six people near Wisconsin Dells on Tuesday night.
The victims were five adults and one child aboard a six-seat Piper PA-46 flying from Kenosha to Menomonie.
The plane crashed in a wooded area in the Town of Dellona, near Mirror Lake State Park, as a thunderstorm moved through.
The pilot reported icing and asked to descend from 24,000 feet, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The plane then entered a right turn that grew steeper, and air traffic controllers lost contact and tracking data.
Investigators are examining the flight data and weather to determine what caused the crash.
There was no damage to buildings or harm to anyone on the ground, and the victims’ names had not been released.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.
Six people, including one child, were killed when a plane crashed near Wisconsin Dells on Tuesday night, authorities said.
The six-seat, single-engine plane was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it went down in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona.
The NTSB said the pilot reported icing at 24,000 feet and requested to descend before the plane entered a right descending turn and communications and tracking data were lost.
Investigators are reviewing air traffic control transmissions and whether weather played a role.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.
- Who
- Five adults and one child aboard the plane were killed.
- What
- A fixed-wing Piper PA-46 crashed.
- When
- Tuesday night, shortly before 10 p.m., authorities said.
- Where
- A wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona, near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
- Why
- The cause is under investigation. Authorities are reviewing weather and air traffic control transmissions.
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The plane was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it crashed near Mirror Lake State Park.
The pilot reported icing at 24,000 feet and requested to descend, according to the NTSB.
The NTSB described the plane’s descent and said communications and data tracking were lost.
- Deaths
- Six people, including one child
- Aircraft
- Six-seat, single-engine Piper PA-46
- Route
- Kenosha to Menomonie
- Crash site
- Town of Dellona, near Mirror Lake State Park
- Reported altitude
- 24,000 feet (7,315 meters)