BOISE -- Three people from southwest Idaho have died in a small plane crash in eastern Oregon, The Malheur County Sheriff's Department said Sunday.



Wreckage of the single engine Cessna 182 was found about 10 a.m. Sunday morning on the side of a high hill near Adrian, Undersheriff Brian Wolfe said.



The two men and one woman in the plane were returning from a funeral in Portland, Wolfe said.



The plane left Portland on Saturday, stopped in Ontario for fuel, and took off about 8 p.m., he said. The plane was reported overdue when it failed to arrive in Nampa, Idaho, later that day.



Wolfe said there were no distress calls.



The three people on the plane are from the Boise, Idaho, area, Wolfe said. Their names have not been released.



The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, Wolfe said.



-- The Associated Press

