MANTEO, N.C. (WVEC) -- One person died following a small plane crash near on the Outer Banks Wednesday morning.
Dare County spokeswoman Dorothy Hester said the plane went down near the Dare County Regional Airport.
F/Sgt. Mike Baker with North Carolina State Highway Patrol told 13News Now the crash happened around 10:35 a.m.
The pilot, 35-year-old Daniel Morgan Lane of Kill Devil Hills, died.
Baker said the plane had taken off from the airport and circled back to pick up a pull-behind banner. The banner got tangled up in trees, pulling the aircraft down.
Images from the Outer Banks Voice newspaper show the banner in the trees.
The highway patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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