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BUFFALO CITY, ARKANSAS (BNO NEWS) — Two people were killed on early Tuesday afternoon when a small plane registered to a company out of California crashed in northern Arkansas, local and federal officials said.

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery said the Sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a citizen at approximately 12.26 p.m. CDT, stating that he had heard and seen a plane crash in the woods near the Buffalo City area.

Baxter County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Rick Lucy was the first person to arrive on scene at approximately 12:33 p.m. CDT, confirming that a plane had gone down in a remote wooded area off Inwood Lane.

“The remains of the plane were on fire, and the Buford Volunteer Fire Department was already enroute, as was an ambulance from Baxter Regional Medical Center,” said Montgomery. “Two persons are confirmed dead [..] Their bodies are being removed by the Baxter County Coroner’s Office. Their identity has not been established.”

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane involved was a Cessna 210, which is capable of carrying one pilot and five passengers. She said the aircraft departed Vermilion Regional Airport in Danville, Indiana several hours earlier and was due to fly to Georgetown Muni Airport in Georgetown, Texas.

Federal records showed the 1982-build aircraft was registered to Monterey Bay Aviation, Inc. in Watsonville, California.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.