Six killed in Wisconsin plane crash after icing report

A Piper PA46 crashed in Dellona, Wisconsin, on October 13, killing all six people aboard, including a 13-year-old boy, authorities said. The plane was traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it went down in a wooded area shortly before 10 p.m. No one on the ground was injured and nearby structures were not damaged, according to the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office. The victims were identified as Rylan Haremza, 13, his mother Amanda Haremza, 45, Tyler Harvey, 36, Mary Brion, 67, Kayla Turpin, 39, and pilot Ron Riek. The sheriff’s office said five adults and one child died at the scene. The victims were Wisconsin residents. The National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot reported icing on the wings while the aircraft was flying at 24,000 feet and requested permission to descend. Air traffic control approved the request. The plane then began a right descending turn that increased in rate before communications and tracking data were lost, according to the agency’s account. The sequence describes the aircraft’s final reported flight, but investigators have not established what caused the crash or determined whether weather contributed. Rain was falling as a thunderstorm moved...