CHADRON - Authorities in western Nebraska have identified three family members from California killed in a small plane crash near Chadron.

Dawes County Attorney Vance Haug, who also serves as the county coroner, said Friday in a news release that those killed in the Wednesday afternoon crash were 25-year-old Duncan Brown, of Forestville, California, and 61-year-old Damon Brown and 68-year-old Sarah Brown, both of Sebastopol, California.

Haug did not say in the release how the three were related, but told radio station KRVN that they were members of the same family. The station says the twin engine plane was registered to Damon and Sarah Brown.

It crashed just around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday about a half-mile north of the Chadron Municipal Airport. The three were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the flight originated at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was destined for Chadron.