Three people were injured in a plane crash on the property of the Brookings Regional Airport on Saturday morning.

The Brookings Police Department received a 911 call about 9 a.m. that a single-engine, four-seat Beechcraft plane had crashed.

Those on board were pilot Evan Koep, 32, of Brookings; Hayden Kerkart, 29; and Caden Walkes, 28.

Police Chief Michael Drake said in a news release that the injuries were not life-threatening.

Koep and Kerkart were airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital with contusions, abrasions and burns. Walkes had minor contusions and abrasions and is being treated at Brookings Hospital.

The crash occurred about one-eighth of a mile from the runway and about 75 yards from the southwest gate off 16th Avenue West.

“The investigation has determined that the plane was heading to Montana on a personal trip when it struggled to take off,” Drake said in the release. “Just after take-off, at about an altitude of 200 feet, it may have experienced partial engine loss and the pilot turned the aircraft around in an attempt to return to the airport. While turning back, the aircraft may have experienced complete engine failure and according to witnesses, the aircraft nose-dived into the ground. The aircraft crashed in the southwest corner of the airport grounds.”

The three occupants were able to get out of the aircraft before it was engulfed in flames. The Brookings Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire while the Brookings Ambulance treated and transported the occupants.

The crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.