Shocking video captures Long Island plane crash that injured pilot

Dramatic security-camera video captured the moment a small plane crashed near a Long Island landfill over the weekend, injuring the pilot. 

The clip, posted to Facebook by Old Bethpage Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, shows the white Cessna C421 emerging from a top corner of the frame before smashing onto the ground, sending plumes of dust into the air. 

“Had the plane crashed 50 yards further, it would have hit into that abandoned building, and it most likely would have been a fatality,” Saladino wrote. “We thank God that no one else was injured and that it didn’t come crashing into a home or the road.” 

The twin-engined aircraft went down on Winding Road near the Old Bethpage solid waste-disposal plant at around 1 p.m. Sunday, according to Nassau County Police and the Federal Aviation Administration. 

The 57-year-old pilot had reported engine problems, the FAA said, but it was unclear Monday if he had called in an emergency before the plane went down. 

A Nassau County police officer spotted the plane descending and was the first to arrive at the scene. 

A “Highway Patrol officer was on patrol when he observed a small plane descending and appeared to be in distress in the vicinity of Winding Road,” the department said. 

The cop located the wreckage, entered the plane and found the pilot pinned in the cockpit, police said. 

The cockpit was about 10 feet off the ground and the plane was leaking fuel, complicating matters. 

The pilot, who was the only one on board, was safely removed and rushed to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. 

The crash happened about 1¹/₂ miles from Republic Airport in East Farmingdale. 

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. 

FAA records show the Cessna, which seats six to eight people, is registered to 850 Atlantic Collision Inc., located at 482 Blake Ave. in Brownsville, Brooklyn. 

No one answered a call to the auto- body shop. 

Authorities did not reveal the name of the pilot, but Marc Capus is listed online as the business’ chief executive officer. 

His wife, Cinzia, told Newsday on Sunday that she was in church when she got a call to tell her that her husband’s plane had crashed and he was in surgery. She added that he flew recreationally.