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Incident Report for Case #2011-285133

Incident Type

Information

Incident Date

10/06/2011 - 7:53 PM

Address

701 Forward Dr.

Details

A citizen reported that he saw a small prop plane hit the TV tower for Channel 15 which is located on Forward Dr. just south of the beltline. The tower engineer advised the tower looked fine. There was no evidence to support that a collision occured. Area airports were contacted but the plane has not been located. The plane was heard and seen by others to be flying quite low in the area. There was a game at the west madison little league field at the time of the report and no one heard or saw a collision.

Released 10/06/2011 at 8:55 PM by Lt. Mary Lou Ricksecker

The location shown is approximate & may not be accurate.

 

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