UPDATE (5:56 p.m.) - Santa Barbara County Fire officials issued a correction saying there was just one person on the plane when it went down. The 20-year-old pilot reportedly suffered major injuries. He was taken by helicopter to Cottage Hospital.
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(5:13 p.m.) - A small airplane crashed near the Santa Ynez Airport on Wednesday afternoon.
The single-engine plane went down shortly after 4:30 p.m. in a neighboring vineyard on the west side of the airport.
Two people were injured, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, including one patient who required extrication.
This is a developing story and will be updated with new information as it becomes available.
