One dead, two injured in small plane crash in Woodland, Wash.

WOODLAND, Wash. – Authorities said one person was killed and two were injured after a small plane ran off the runway at an airport in Woodland.

The Columbian reported emergency personnel were called to the scene at about 3 p.m. Thursday for a single engine plane that had driven off the end of the runway, through a fence and up an embankment.

Three people were taken to a nearby hospital. Woodland Mayor Will Finn told to the newspaper that one person was killed.

Authorities said the plane, a Mooney M20K, is registered to a corporation in Woodinville and was bound for Renton.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

Woodland is about 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon.

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Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com

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