Plane Registered To Chicago-Based Air Taxi Operator

Three people are reported lost after their Cirrus SR22 crashed on landing Thursday night at Lakeland Airport (ARV) near Minocqua-Woodruff, WI.

The FAA reports the plane, registered to Chicago-based air taxi operator BlueSky Taxi, went down about one mile from the airport around 7:00 pm Thursday night. The plane had departed Milwaukee at approximately 5:45 pm CDT.

BlueSky's owner did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

Few details are known so far, but ANN has received reports of inclement weather and low minimums at the time of the accident.

"It appeared that it was trying to land and may have missed the first approach and was coming back for a second one," Lt. Gary Peske, of the Vilas County Sheriff's Department, told The Associated Press. "There was kind of a misty rain. I don't know if weather was a factor in it."

Identities of the victims have not been released. The FAA and NTSB are at the scene.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 193BS        Make/Model: SR22      Description: SR-22
  Date: 09/11/2008     Time: 0015

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: ARBOR VITAE   State: WI   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON APPROACH TO LAND, THE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
  FATALLY INJURED, WRECKAGE LOCATED 1/2 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT, ARBORVITAE, WI

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   3
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   2     Fat:   2     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: METAR 11235Z AUTO 200/5KT 35SM BR OVC004 15/16 A2988

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Business      Phase: Approach      Operation: OTHER

  FAA FSDO: MILWAUKEE, WI  (GL13)                 Entry date: 09/12/2008

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.blueskytaxi.com