One person is dead and two more people injured after a plane crashed onto a landing strip in Love County Saturday afternoon. Officials say a small, twin-engine plane carrying four people was attempting to land southwest of Marietta, near a local restaurant. KTEN's Andrea Kurys was on the scene.

The investigation has been turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration, as officials work to determine exactly what went wrong.  

"First thing I saw was just kind of cloudy sky and I just thought it was kind of dust flying in the air," said Wanda Shellenberger who owns Mcgehee's Catfish Restaurant, located next to the runway.

"The next thing I knew, a lady had run in and told me that a plane had burst into flames."

Just after 2 pm, Shellenberger called 911. Three area fire departments, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and officials from the Love County Sheriff's office responded to the scene.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Ken Duncan said, "From what we can see, the plane was attempting to land. It had some type of malfunction and went off the side of the runway and caught fire."

It took less than 10 minutes for firefighters to extinguish the flames. Shadydale Fire Chief Jesse Kirk said, "Most of the fuel had already consumed itself by the time we got here. Apparently, the plane didn't have very much fuel on board, it wasn't near as large a fireball as I would have expected."

50-year-old Bobby Blanchard from Arlington died at the scene. Thirty-four-year old Michael Phillips, the pilot was flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas where he is in stable condition. Passengers Roger Burke and Calvin Carter of Dallas were treated and released from a local hospital.

This is not the first time officials have responded to a plane crash on this runway. Love County Sheriff Joe Russell said, "This is the third one in about 18 months here on this strip."

Officials say that number is not above average for the number of small planes flying in and out of that area. Even so, it's three more than they would like. "It's always sad when you lose someone. Overall, we were lucky that we just lost one of them, being four people involved in the plane," said Russell.

"This is the worst that we've ever had in our 35 years," said Shellenberger.     

FAA officials say they don't know where the aircraft was coming from, but it's registered in the Dallas area.

Andrea Kurys, KTEN News.