A pilot dies after a plane crash in Middle Township, Cape May County

MIDDLE TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) – A pilot was killed when a plane crashed Saturday morning in Middle Township, Cape May County.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine Piper PA-12 crashed shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Green Creek section near Paramount Air Airport.

Twenty-two-year-old Thomas Gibson of Ocean City was pronounced dead at the scene.

There was no immediate word on the cause of this accident. No other injuries were reported.

Middle Township police and the Cape May County Attorney’s Office responded to the scene.

Since then, the investigation has been handed over to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

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