KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reports the plane was on final approach when the pilot noticed the engine dying. That's when he started looking for a place to land. He found a spot just off Waldron Road about a mile east of the airport to land.

Whatcom County Sheriff Sergeant Larry Flynn tells KIRO that the plane sheared off some tree tops during the emergency, and the plane landed in blackberry bushes.

Flynn says the pilot was pinned in the cockpit for some time, but was able to get out with only bumps and bruises.

The pilot told Flynn that he was flying from Sitka, Alaska to Bellingham.

KIRO News has learned that the plane is registered to Western Alaska Sport Fishing, Inc. in Aleknagik, Alaska, about 300 miles south west of Anchorage.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.