A homeowner captured incredible footage of a plane crashing into a forest of trees right outside his home in Maine.
The single-engine Cessna 150 plane was caught on camera skimming the tree line just as it attempted to make an emergency landing, just a mile from the nearest airport.
In the footage, the plane soars above us before making a quick turn that leads to its final descent.
The accident occurred at Swan’s Island near Bar Harbor on Thursday afternoon shortly before 6 p.m.
The single-engine Cessna 150 plane was caught on camera skimming the tree line just as the plane attempted to make an emergency landing.
In the dramatic clip, tree branches appear to cushion the plane’s crash, leaving it intact after impact.
In the moments before the crash, the plane narrowly missed an overhead power line before eventually crashing into a bank of trees.
In the dramatic clip, tree branches appear to cushion the plane’s collision, with the plane remaining intact upon impact.
“It happened so fast it was hard to process the moment,” Meghan Joyce told Fox 22who captured the shocking incident.
“He said he was trying to land and realized he couldn’t and was trying to take off,” Joyce said.
In the moments before the crash, the plane nearly collided with a low-level power line before finally crashing into a bank of trees.
Images from the crash site show the plane almost vertical with its nose pointing directly at the ground.
Images from the crash site show the plane almost vertical with the nose pointing directly at the ground.
Incredibly, the pilot, who was the only person on board, suffered only minor injuries, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.
Joyce said the pilot escaped the wreckage with only a broken nose.
“When I got there, he was trying to get out. He said he was fine. I was more upset than him, but he said, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine, calm down, I’m fine.’ He got off the plane, crawled out and walked away. walking,” Joyce explained.
Incredibly, the pilot, who was the only person on board, suffered only minor injuries, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.
Unlike the nose of the plane, which was apparently still intact after the daring maneuver, the pilot escaped from the wreckage with the nose broken off.
The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board is now leading the investigation into the crash.
FAA documents show the plane is registered to Robert Kohut, who is from Sag Harbor, New York, but lives on Swan’s Island, Maine.
The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board is now leading the investigation into the crash.
The woman who filmed the captivating footage says the crash happened less than a mile from a private airport.
FAA documents show the plane is registered to Robert Kohut, who is from Sag Harbor, New York, but lives on Swan’s Island, Maine.
“It’s not something I recommend anyone should see or experience,” Joyce said.
“But he did very well.”