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YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Three people were not seriously injured after their plane crashed on a dirt road near Yuma last week.
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According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the pilot said the plane was having engine problems and was losing power Friday.
The pilot told the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma tower that they were going to find an area to land in the North Dome Valley, about 25 miles northeast of Yuma.
An Air and Marine Operations crew in a helicopter was quickly launched to where officials believed the plane had gone down. They found the downed plane on a dirt road within five minutes.
A Border Patrol agent on the ground also arrived at the crash scene, and officials said the three people on board the plane were OK.
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The helicopter crews navigated first responders on the ground to the scene since it is a complex layout of farm fields and irrigation networks, officials said.
It was unclear what caused the plane to have engine trouble.
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