State Police have released the name of the pilot killed in Saturday's small plane crash in Edgewater.

The victim is identified as 53-year-old Joseph Luther Kelly III, of Annapolis.

The cause of the crash is undetermined.

Emergency crews said the crash was first reported at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Edgewater, near Lee Airport and not far from the intersection of Solomons Island Road and Warehouse Creek Lane.

Anne Arundel County fire officials said the plane crashed into the yard of a single-story home at the end of Warehouse Creek Lane.

The plane was on fire when crews arrived on the scene, officers said. The fire did not spread to the home.

Airport manager Van Lee said the pilot was the only person on board the Beechcraft Bonanza P35.

He said it suddenly banked to the right and struck some trees before crashing about a quarter of a mile from the airport.

Lee said a big plume of smoke was visible from the airport.

A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was registered to Kelly.

The weather conditions were clear Saturday afternoon. No one else was injured

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