HOARD, WI (AP)-- More details have been released regarding the crash of a plane that took off from Menominee earlier this week.
Wisconsin authorities say two friends were flying a recently purchased airplane to Alaska when it crashed, killing the pilot's father, who was from Michigan.
Clark County Sheriff Greg Herrick released the names of the three people involved in Monday's crash in central Wisconsin. The plane had taken off in Menominee, Michigan and was on its way to Litchfield, Minnesota.
The pilot, Mark Siegwart, 27, of Hammond, Indiana and his friend, Nathan Smoot, 41, from North Pole, Alaska were flying the plane to Alaska after leaving Hammond. Along the way they stopped in Cadillac and picked up Siegwart's father, Martin Siegwart, 56, of Boon, Michigan.
The pilot said the single-engine Cessna 182 started to ice up and lose altitude. The plane was trying to make an emergency landing on a road when it crashed.
Martin Siegwart died at the scene. His son remains in stable condition, and the other passenger has been released.