Officials responded to Viroqua Municipal Airport Monday after a phone call indicated an airplane crash that officials later found to be fatal. The name of aircraft operator is not being released at this time. According to the Sheriff’s office, emergency crews located a downed aircraft in the field off of Miller Road in the town of Jefferson around 6:30 p.m. Viroqua Fire Department was able to put out a small fire on an Experimental Rotorcraft Sportcopter Vortex. The rotor become detached upon impact and the body of the aircraft continued another 40 feet before coming to a rest in a corn field. Officials say witnesses heard the engine stope and the aircraft was descending. The accident remains under investigation.