Six Killed in Piper Plane Crash in Wisconsin’s Sauk County
A plane crash occurred in a wooded area of Sauk County, Wisconsin, killing all six occupants, including a grandmother and family members. The aircraft, a Piper, was en route from Kenosha to Menomonie when it crashed after the pilot reported…
Lima, OH, October 15, 2026 —
A Piper aircraft crashed in a wooded area of Sauk County, Wisconsin, killing all six people aboard. The occupants included a grandmother and family members, according to the information provided about the crash.
The aircraft was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie. Before the crash, the pilot reported icing and requested to descend. The available information does not establish whether icing caused the crash, and no official findings are provided.
The names and ages of the people who died were not provided. The date and time of the crash, the aircraft’s precise location, and details about the circumstances of the impact were also not included in the available account.
The information identifies the plane as a Piper but does not specify its model, registration, owner or operator. It also does not identify the pilot or provide details about the flight’s purpose.
No information was provided about an investigation, the agencies involved, inspection findings or any determination of the crash’s cause. The sequence described is limited to the pilot’s report of icing, the request to descend and the subsequent crash. Further details about the flight and the circumstances leading to the deaths were not available in the account.
Story summarized from the original created by Calahan Steed, Mackenzie Davis, Chris Pittner, Nolan Kopydlowski, Ashley Weil , Juliana Tornabene, Gray News staff, Associated Press on www.hometownstations.com, see more information here.
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