A video captured the moment a small plane crashed in Bangor on Friday afternoon, killing the only person on board.

The 48-second video shows the single-engine Cessna touch down on the runway before pulling back up and cartwheeling into the ground. Jaxon Cook, a 9-year-old from Vassalboro, shot the video, his mom Kristie Babb said.

One person died in the crash that happened around 1:20 p.m., Bangor Fire Chief Geoffrey Low said. That person’s identity is not yet confirmed.

There were no other people on board, Low said.

Jaxon loves planes and wants to fly for The Blue Angels, a demonstration squadron of the United States Navy, Babb said. The weather was beautiful Friday and the family decided to go to Bangor to watch the bigger planes land.

Jaxon hoped to see the fighter jets from the

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