Several people, including a skydiver who had jumped moments before, escaped serious injury when a small plane landed short of the runway in New Braintree.

The crash happened at the Tanner-Hiller Airport at about 5:17 p.m., the Hardwick/New Braintree Police Department said. Only minor injuries were reported, and the accident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Skydiver Casey Tylek told Fox 25 Boston that he had no idea there was anything wrong with the plane before his jump, but was thankful that the three other people aboard the plane were safe.

Skydiver tells me about plane crash shortly after he jumped off the plane. His father and friends were still on board when plane crash landed into woods, catching fire. Story ONLY ON @boston25 after the #NFLDraft

📸: Casey Tylek pic.twitter.com/SNTbtL0c4D — Litsa Pappas (@LitsaPappas) April 27, 2018

The television station reported that a small fire began shortly after the plane landed but was quickly extinguished.

"I was mostly concerned about my father, when I first arrived at the airfield I couldn't locate the plane," Tylek told Fox 25. "Within 20 seconds of the landing, somebody had already dialed 911 from nearby."

New Braintree police Lt. Kevin Landine told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that the skydiver made a scheduled jump from the 1976 Cessna 402B plane before it crashed near the airport on McEvoy Road.

Police told the newspaper that the plane is believed to be housed at the New Braintree airport and the pilot lives in the area.