This pilot was all smiles after he survived a crash-landing on Long Island.
Yuri Koziy, 45, was doing practice landings on his final approach to Brookhaven Calabro Airport around 8 p.m. Sunday when his plane went down along the Moriches-Middle Island Road in Mastic, officials told NBC.
Koziy, of Massapequa, managed to coast the plane into a patch of woods until it landed in the trees, the FAA told the station.
He was the only person on board the plane, and refused medical attention.
A photo shows Koziy, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, grinning broadly as he leans against a first responder’s van.
The aircraft crash-landed in the trees in Mastic, Long Island.T.J. LambuiComments
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