Piper JetPROP crash in Wisconsin after pilot reported icing at 24,000
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On October 13, 2026 the pilot of a Piper PA‑46 Malibu Mirage with a JetPROP DLX conversion reported encountering icing at 24,000 feet and requested a descent, which air traffic control approved; the aircraft then entered a descending right turn that increased in rate until communications and tracking data were lost.
The plane was flying from Kenosha to Menomonie when it crashed in a wooded area in the Town of Dellona near Wisconsin Dells; Sauk County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received reports of a downed aircraft near Park Lane at about 21:31 local time and emergency crews found all six occupants, five adults and a child, dead with no ground injuries or building damage.