The US Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane crashed on Sunday at around 12:30 pm off the coast of the Point Loma peninsula.

Six people are feared dead after a small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The seven-seater Cessna 414 crashed three miles west of Point Loma just off the San Diego coast about 12.50pm on Sunday. The plane took off from San Diego International Airport and was headed to Phoenix, Arizona.

First responders were called to the scene on Sunday after reports of a downed aircraft in water near Point Loma. The U.S. Coast Guard says the plane was a Cessna 414, and that six people were aboard at the time of the crash. Tracking from Flightware shows that the plane intended to travel from San Diego to Phoenix.