Terrifying moment small plane crashes into Orlando highway and skids on to a driveway

An onlooker captured intense video of a small plane that crashed onto an Orlando, Florida street early Friday afternoon.

Remy Colin, the pilot, was the only person on board and miraculous walked away with only minor injuries. 

The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Friday, as video shows the shocking crash onto the busy street on University Boulevard and North Econlockhatchee Trail. 

Colin, according to his LinkedIn page, has been running a company called Aerial Messages since 1999, which: ‘Offers a wide range of aerial advertising solutions such as banners, billboards, sky writing, air ships, and much more’.

A video of the crash, taken by a bystander, showed the moment the plane crashed, which the Florida Highway Patrol said is due to a mechanical failure. 

Remy Colin, the pilot, was the only person on board and miraculous walked away with only minor injuries

The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Friday, as video shows the shocking crash onto the busy street on University Boulevard and North Econlockhatchee Trail

Colin said that he was distracted because he had to try and fix the plane’s broken radio and had also run out of fuel and lost power.  

Not seeing anywhere else to land, he tried to do so on the street to try and avoid injuring anyone, knowing that the plane was likely done for. 

Colin, the only person in the plane, only suffered minor bruising but flying without being properly fueled could see his license suspended. 

One bystander told WESH that they thought it had been a car crash until they looked over their fence and saw a plane sitting in a driveway.  

Amanda Skuban, who filmed the accident, was on her way to CostCo and ‘just kind of freaked’.  

A video of the crash, taken by a bystander, showed the moment the plane crashed, which the Florida Highway Patrol said is due to a mechanical failure

Colin said that he was distracted because he had to try and fix the plane’s broken radio and had also run out of fuel and lost power

Not seeing anywhere else to land, he tried to do so on the street to try and avoid injuring anyone, knowing that the plane was likely done for

Colin told NBC News he’s participating in the the investigation by aviation authorities. The Federal Aviation Authority and the National Transportation Safety Board will be further investigating this crash.