A 79-year-old pilot is lucky to be alive after his airplane crashed in Plainville, Connecticut on Monday.
In the video, you can see the plane swoop in and collide into a tree as the aircraft tried but failed to maneuver around it.
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Manfred Frost, the pilot, told NBC News he was on his way to eat breakfast when suddenly his plane crashed into a tree and tumbled to the ground.
Fortunately, Frost only suffered minor injuries due to the crash and was taken to a local hospital.
The crash happened in a parking lot close to the Robertson Field Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently conducting an investigation.
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