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SAN JOSE — A small plane with three people aboard spun out of control and crashed into a canyon Wednesday, landing upside down. 

Police said they did not have any information about the fate of the plane’s occupants. 

The Cessna 425 left Reid-Hillview airport around 10:20 a.m. and was heading for La Paz, Mexico, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus. 

Because of the rough terrain that surrounded the crash site, it took more than an hour for emergency rescue teams to reach the plane. The plane crashed around 10:35 a.m. in an unincorporated part of San Jose near Cinnabar Hills Golf Course, according to San Jose Police spokeswoman Jessica Mullen. 

Cinnabar employee Steve Dennis saw the crash, saying the plane “made two flat spins and then went straight down.” 

A KCBS traffic plane that flew above the wreckage saw smoke coming from the plane and no signs of survivors.