Four people from Wisconsin were killed on Saturday when their private, single-engine plane crashed in a field near an airport in rural Illinois, authorities said.
The Cessna 180G aircraft crashed about 10:15 a.m. local time Saturday in the unincorporated community of Trilla, Illinois, southeast of Coles County Memorial Airport in nearby Mattoon, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
“My whole house shook,” Kynnedi Goldstein, who lives near the crash site, told ABC News.
Four people were killed when a Cessna 180 airplane crashed in a field, April 19, 2024, in Trilla, Illinois, according to police.
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Goldstein shared video footage he took in the aftermath of the crash, showing smoke billowing from the wreckage, which was strewn across a field and a two-lane road.
All of the plane’s occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the Illinois State Police. All four crash victims were from Menominee, Wisconsin, about 45 miles northwest of Green Bay, according to the State Police.
The names of the victims have not been released.
Police investigate a small plane crash that killed four people in Trilla, Illinois April 19, 2025, according to the Illinois State Police.
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The Coles County Coroner confirmed that two men and two women were killed in the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the NTSB, which sent a team to Trilla on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration, which also sent personnel to the crash scene, is assisting in the investigation, the agency said.