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Three dead in Racine County plane crash
BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) -- A twin-engine plane crashed into a swampy area in southeastern Wisconsin Thursday, killing all three people on board.
Lt. Connie Mallwitz with the Racine County Sheriff's Department said all three people on the 1962 Beech B95A died when it crashed south of the Burlington Municipal Airport in the town of Burlington.
She said she had no further details immediately available. Names of the dead had not been released.
Gary Meisner, airport manager, said witnesses saw the plane go by before it crashed.
"They just saw it put its landing gear up, then it went into a shallow right turn and it just went off to the trees," he said.
It was unclear if the plane had just taken off from the airport or was trying to land, he said.
The plane crashed about a quarter mile from the end of the runway and about a couple hundred yards from some houses near a stream, he said.
The plane was registered in Lake Geneva, Meisner said.
He said it was unlikely that the plane was based at the Burlington airport because he didn't recognize the plane and its number.
About 100 planes, strictly corporate or general aviation, use the airport hangars, he said.
The sheriff's department received the report of the crash at 4:28 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating the crash Thursday evening.
Three dead in Racine County plane crash
BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) -- A twin-engine plane crashed into a swampy area in southeastern Wisconsin Thursday, killing all three people on board.
Lt. Connie Mallwitz with the Racine County Sheriff's Department said all three people on the 1962 Beech B95A died when it crashed south of the Burlington Municipal Airport in the town of Burlington.
She said she had no further details immediately available. Names of the dead had not been released.
Gary Meisner, airport manager, said witnesses saw the plane go by before it crashed.
"They just saw it put its landing gear up, then it went into a shallow right turn and it just went off to the trees," he said.
It was unclear if the plane had just taken off from the airport or was trying to land, he said.
The plane crashed about a quarter mile from the end of the runway and about a couple hundred yards from some houses near a stream, he said.
The plane was registered in Lake Geneva, Meisner said.
He said it was unlikely that the plane was based at the Burlington airport because he didn't recognize the plane and its number.
About 100 planes, strictly corporate or general aviation, use the airport hangars, he said.
The sheriff's department received the report of the crash at 4:28 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating the crash Thursday evening.
