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Small airplane smacks into tree during crash landing in Plainville, Connecticut

WATCH: Small plane crash caught on camera, pilot lucky to be alive – Sep 11, 2017

A 79-year-old pilot is lucky to be alive after his airplane crashed in Plainville, Connecticut on Monday.

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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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