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James Arnold, 43, and William Lester Lanman, 69, killed in experimental plane crash in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Modified Date: 
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 4:00pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Two men found dead after Kenosha County plane crash

Civil Air Patrol located a plane crash site Sunday just after 12:30 pm in a grassy field in Kenosha County. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department contacted the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office this morning about a missing aircraft last known to be on its way to the EAA Show in Oshkosh. Kenosha County deputies and the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol immediately started searching for the aircraft, described as a Zenith CH601XL airplane. Investigators are not sure when or why the plane crashed, but believe the crash happened within the past 24 hours.

2 Kentucky men killed in Wisconsin plane crash

Authorities say two men from Kentuckiana were killed after a small plane crash in Wisconsin. Police say James Arnold of Crestwood and another man were killed when their experimental aircraft crashed late Saturday night or early Sunday morning in Kenosha, Wisconsin along Lake Michigan. The pilot's name has not yet been released but sources tell WHAS11 he is from Louisville. 

Victims of SE Wisconsin plane crash ID'ed as Kentucky men

Authorities have identified the two Kentucky men found dead in a plane crash in southeast Wisconsin over the weekend. The Kenosha County sheriff's office says 69-year-old William Lester Lanman of Louisville, Kentucky, was the pilot. The men were flying to the Experimental Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh, about 125 miles to the north, when the small, homebuilt plane crashed in a field. Authorities say Arnold was a friend of Lanman and was studying to be a pilot. The passenger was 43-year-old James Dan Arnold of Crestwood, Kentucky.
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Type: Aircraft Accident
People Involved: 
James Arnold
William Lester Lanman
City: 
Kenosha, WI
County: 
Kenosha County, WI
Area: 
Milwaukee, WI

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