SILVER SPRING, MD — Authorities say a small plane crashed into the woods in Laurel on Tuesday, landing in the trees approximately 50 feet above the ground.

Maryland State Police identified the pilot as 55-year-old Thomas Falk, of Silver Spring, and the passenger as 59-year-old James Palazak, of Columbia. Both men weren't injured in the crash, but were taken to the R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore as a precaution.

The plane, a Socata Tampico, crashed in the area of Bald Eagle Road and Maryland Route 198, near Tipton Airport. State troopers said they first got a call about the crash around 6:15 p.m.