The 6 victims who died in a Wisconsin plane crash included a 13-year-old boy and his mother

1. Last year
   Four people died in a separate plane crash near Menomonie.
2. After that crash
   Ron Riek helped organize a fundraiser for the three young children of a couple who died.
3. Shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday
   The plane lost communications and data tracking after a sharply increasing descending turn, then crashed near Mirror Lake State Park.
4. Wednesday night
   Daniel Johnson confirmed Ron Riek's death at a public meeting.

“He was simply a good man. A highly experienced pilot, and this was simply a tragedy.”