Associated Press - October 21, 2009 7:45 PM ET

PROVO, Utah (AP) - A fire official says a 30-year-old man died after the plane he was piloting crashed near Provo's airport.

Roger Gourley, battalion chief for the Provo fire department, says the small four-seat Cessna was flying from Spanish Fork to Provo Wednesday afternoon when the pilot reported engine problems about three miles from the airport.

The plane crashed into the dike that surrounds the airport. Gourley says the pilot was dead at the scene.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been contacted about the crash.

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