Pilot killed in small plane crash in eastern Wisconsin

The low wing plane was found submerged in a pond in Kossuth Township, about 80 miles north of Milwaukee, the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office posted on The male pilot was alone in the aircraft, the sheriff's office said. His name was not immediately released.

The Manitowoc County Joint Dispatch Center had received a call from the Chicago Center Air Traffic Control Center shortly before 10 a.m. that the plane had not arrived at its destination, the sheriff's office said. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly

The sheriff's office, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

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