UPDATE 12/21/20
The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was a Piper PA-46.
They say it declared an emergency and was able to make landing one-quarter mile offshore from Runway 5 approaching the Naples Airport.
The FAA says the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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The Naples Police Department says two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a small single-engine plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
It happened on Saturday around 12:30 pm.
Police say the plane went down near the 2100 block of Gulf Shore Boulevard South.
They say the plane is a thousand yards off the beach in the Gulf of Mexico.
Police say the two people injured were the only ones on the plane.
This is a developing story.
