Six people killed, including a child, after small plane crashes in rural Wisconsin
A Piper PA-46 crashed in a wooded area near Dellona, Wisconsin, on Tuesday evening, killing all six people aboard, including a child. The cause is not known, and authorities are investigating whether weather contributed to the crash.
The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the crash at about 9.30pm. The plane was travelling from Kenosha to Menomonie and had reportedly been in contact with a nearby air traffic control tower shortly before it went down; the victims have not been identified. No one on the ground was injured, and nearby homes were undamaged. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.
- Six people, including a child, died in the Wisconsin crash.
- The Piper PA-46 was flying from Kenosha to Menomonie.
- Investigators are examining whether weather played a part.
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The Piper PA-46 is a small aircraft designed to carry a pilot and several passengers. Dellona is in Sauk County, in central Wisconsin, while Kenosha and Menomonie are in the state’s south-east and north-west respectively.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigates civil aircraft accidents in the United States, working to establish what happened and what factors may have contributed. Investigators examine evidence such as the aircraft, its flight path and weather conditions; the cause of a crash may take time to determine.