Sauk County plane crash; sheriff's office provides update

Right now, I believe the sheriff is speaking. This is an ongoing investigation. Area obviously blocked off right now by troopers. Do you have any anticipation how long crews will be out here, you know, today, even into tomorrow? We're waiting today or this morning. NHTSA and FAA will show up and do their investigation as well. And that should be sometime this morning that they arrive. yeah with your as far as you know any timeline regarding when information on the passengers who are deceased will be released we just want to make sure that all the family members are notified before we put anything out so I'm assuming sometime later today perhaps but we'll make sure that notification is made prior yeah obviously this is an ongoing investigation are you able to tell us anything at this time about the cause of the crash we know that they had contact with a tower prior to the crash and and investigators are looking into that today to find out what that communication was yeah are you able to tell us was it a privately owned plane do you know anything about you know why it was in the air at the time I'm not sure who owned the plane I know it was not a commercial airplane yes for sure um yeah and as that investigation continues uh are you telling people to avoid the area is there any threat to the public or debris people should watch out for no there if they just avoid the area if the public avoids the area that'd be great um there's no threat obviously uh once we get daylight um here later on today you'll you'll see many more investigators out here following up on it for sure mark do you have Do you have any ages for the fatalities? I don't have the ages. I can tell you that there are five adults and one child. And was there, I guess it's too early to tell, but how widespread do you think the debris was? I would say that less than 100 yards. Any idea, Sheriff, where the plane was coming from, what its destination was? I don't have that information with me right now. I'm sure the investigators know that. And, again, they'll be out here today working. Can you explain what a Piper is for those who aren't in aviation, like how big, or props, jet engine? I'm told it's a six-passenger plane. Any details that make this investigation difficult for you guys? No, right now it's just the hours of darkness, not being able to see the whole debris field and that, and we'll take care of that once daylight arrives. For sure. Anything else you'd like to add, sir? No. Thank you for your time. We appreciate it. Thank all of you. You're just now joining us. You were just listening to the Sauk County Sheriff giving us an update on that deadly plane crash that happened near the Dells. Derek, the big thing that came out of this news conference was us learning that there were six passengers on board, five adults and one kid. Yeah, we are obviously just learning some new information right there. They said the plane did have contact with the tower prior to that crash. We do know this is not a commercial plane. They said the plane was kind of small, held six passengers, once again, five adults and one child. This is in the Sauk County, kind of in a residential area in terms of the debris field. He said about less than 100 yards. So one of the issues right now, obviously, it is nighttime and darkness outside. So that's inhibiting the recovery, I guess, of some of the pieces right now. We do know the FAA should be there at some point this morning, according to the Sauk County Sheriff, which will then, those agents will go in and further survey the damage and assess the scene to figure out perhaps what may have happened in a preliminary stage right now. All right, we'll continue to update you as we learn more information. We'll be right back.