6 dead, including child, in small plane crash near Wisconsin Dells, sheriff says

Local News 6 dead, including child, in small plane crash near Wisconsin Dells, sheriff says By Stephen Swanson Stephen Swanson Web Producer, CBS Minnesota Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. Read Full Bio Stephen Swanson Updated on: October 14, 2026 / 11:48 AM CDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Six people are dead, including a child, in a small plane crash Tuesday night in south-central Wisconsin, according to Sauk County Sheriff's Office.The Sauk County Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of a downed aircraft around 9:30 p.m. Authorities said the plane crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona as rain fell and a thunderstorm moved through the area.Authorities said no structures were damaged and no one on the ground was hurt.Five adults and one child were on the plane and found dead, the sheriff's office said. The names of those killed have not been released. WMTV Authorities say the plane was making a return trip from Kenosha to Menomonie. It was a six-seat, single-engine Piper PA-46.The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that the plane was flying at 24,000 feet when the pilot reported icing and requested to descend. Air traffic control approved the descent, and the plane began a right descending turn that increased in rate until communications and tracking data were lost.The plane contacted an air traffic control tower before the crash, authorities said. The sheriff's office and the Federal Aviation Administration said investigators are reviewing those transmissions and whether weather played a role. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.This is a developing story. Stay with WCCO for the latest.  In: Plane Crash Wisconsin Featured Local Savings FAA probes separate near-crash before Catalina Island helicopter crash Small plane makes emergency landing near Bishop Airport, no injuries reported At least 1 dead after wrong-way crash in central Minnesota 2 CHP officers injured in Fairfield I-80 crash Woman remains missing after her vehicle found crashed near Huron River Man found dead at scene of fire in North Lawndale State patrol: 3 drivers hurt in crash on I-35W in Bloomington 3 people found dead inside Marin County community of Strawberry