VANCOUVER -- A father and son were killed in a small plane crash this afternoon in the Green Mountain area of Clark County.

The victims were identified as pilot Benjamin J. Runyan, 66, and passenger Benjamin Runyan Jr., 31, said Capt. Kevin Murray of the Vancouver Fire Department.

Firefighters were on the scene of the crash, reported about 4:30 p.m.

The single-engine, propeller-driven Yakovlev Yak-52 crashed in a rural area between Vancouver and Camas on a trip from Klamath Falls, Ore., said Mike Fergus, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Seattle.

It reportedly took off from the private Green Mountain air strip, 5530 N.E. 199th Ave., and crashed about a half mile east.

An FAA investigator and the county medical examiner were en route to the scene Friday evening.

A retired Delta Airlines pilot, Ben joined CAA in 2005 and was the owner of Green Mountain Airport in Vancouver, WA.