NORTH BEND, Wash. -- Three people were killed when the small plane they were in crashed early Wednesday near North Bend.
Sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West said the single-engine Cessna 172 hit a shear face at Mount Si just after 2 a.m., killing the woman and two men who were on board.
Officials said several people in the area called 911 after hearing a sputtering engine from a low flying plane. The callers told dispatchers the plane's engine cut out before the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration picked up a signal from the plane's emergency transponder, and a King County sheriff's helicopter flew over the area to locate the wreckage.
Search and rescue crews on the ground made it to the crash scene about 7:30 a.m. and found the bodies.
It was not known where the plane was headed, and the names of the people who were killed have not been released.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said preliminary information indicates the plane was not in contact with air traffic control.
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