TAMPA, Fla. - Authorities say a woman who died in a small plane crash east of Tampa was a cancer patient being flown home from treatment at an area hospital.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says 49-year-old Patricia Snyder of Stuart, Fla., was being flown by a charity organization when the plane crashed Thursday afternoon.

Also killed in the crash was the volunteer pilot, 81-year-old Harlan Northcott, and another passenger, 15-year-old Tyler McLellan of Stuart.

Authorities say the Beechcraft Bonanza may have hit a tower after taking off and crashed about 30 metres off the runway.

The plane was in flames when rescue crews arrived.

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