Banner plane down in Ocean City marsh; pilot OK

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - June 4, 2010 -- Investigators are trying to determine why a small banner plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a marshy area of Ocean City.

The plane went down shortly before 3 p.m. Friday near 52nd street on the bay side of the city.

The pilot, identified as 23-year-old Brian Harris of West Lafayette, Ind., was unhurt.

The single-engine plane is owned by Rio-Grande-based Paramount Air Service, a business that flies advertising banners up and down the South Jersey beaches.

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