The Cessna was on its way back to Menomonie Municipal Airport on Saturday morning with the four who departed from there last Wednesday for Nashville, according to flight records.

All four were from Menomonie, Wisconsin. The airplane struck powerlines and crashed in a field in Trilla, not far from the Coles County Memorial Airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

Because it was being kept at the Menomonie airport, the county stood to collect approximately $30,000 in sales tax on the new Cessna Citation Bravo that bears a price tag of between $6 million and ...