Thursday, October 15, 2026 -Six people have lost their lives after a plane crash in Wisconsin.
According to WFIN, a small plane carrying five adults and a
child was in contact with air traffic control before crashing into a wooded
area in Wisconsin Tuesday night, October 14, killing everyone aboard.
The Piper PA-46 was on a return flight from Kenosha to
Menomonie when it went down in the Town of Dellona in Sauk County, according to
the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities received multiple reports of a downed aircraft
around 9:31 p.m. Tuesday and dispatched emergency crews to the area of Park
Lane, where first responders discovered the wreckage in a densely wooded area
west of Herwig Road.
All six occupants were ultimately found dead at the scene,
authorities said. Their identities have not been released.
Investigators are now working to determine what
communications took place between the aircraft and a nearby air traffic control
tower before the crash, as well as whether weather conditions in the area may
have played a role.
“We know that they had contact with the tower prior to the
crash, and investigators are looking into that today to find out what that
communication was,” Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister told FOX6 Milwaukee.
Meister said it remained unclear who owned the
aircraft but confirmed that it was not a commercial plane.
No structures were damaged, and no injuries were reported on
the ground, according to the sheriff’s office.
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