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Six Dead Including Child in Small Plane Crash Near Wisconsin Dells
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News18•14-10-2026, 22:00
Six Dead Including Child in Small Plane Crash Near Wisconsin Dells
- •Six people including one child were killed when a single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in Dellona.
- •The six-seat Piper PA-46 was flying from Kenosha to Menomonie when it went down shortly before 10 pm during a thunderstorm.
- •The National Transportation Safety Board reported that the pilot requested to descend due to icing at 24,000 feet before radar contact was lost.
- •No structures or people on the ground were harmed in the incident.
- •The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are currently investigating the cause of the crash.
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The six-seat, single-engine plane was flying at 24,000 feet when the pilot reported icing and requested a descent before communications and data tracking were lost. Investigators and the Federal Aviation Administration are also reviewing weather conditions, as rain was falling and a thunderstorm was moving through the area at the time.
Six people, including five adults and one child, were killed when the fixed-wing Piper PA-46 aeroplane crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, along with the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department.
