A small plane with six people aboard crashed into the ocean about 3 miles off Sunset Cliffs Sunday afternoon, prompting a search involving several agencies. The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed around 12:30 p.

The FAA reported the crash as being about 5 miles off the coast. The Coast Guard said its personnel at the Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received the initial report at 12:45 p.m. It also pinpointed the crash site about 3 miles west of Point Loma.

The crash comes weeks after a small Cessna crashed into a San Diego neighborhood in foggy weather and killed six people.