New Hampshire

Pilot safe after small plane crash caught on camera in NH

The pilot, Dave Lennon, who was the only one on board, was evaluated on scene and was not hurt

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Dave Lennon says he’s “fortunate” to be unhurt after his small plane went down into a wooded area Tuesday.

A pilot whose small plane crashed Tuesday morning in Hampton, New Hampshire, says he's lucky he wasn't hurt.

Hampton Fire Rescue responded to the crash on Redding Landing, near the Hampton Airfield, around 10:15 a.m. Ring doorbell footage shows the moment it went into a wooded area.

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The pilot, Dave Lennon, was the only one on board. He was evaluated on scene and was not hurt.

"I knew about a half a second before I crashed that I couldn't recover it," Lennon told NBC10 Boston. "I just tried to stay with it 100%, and I'm just fortunate that I didn't hit anything else and I walked out without a scratch, basically."

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Lennon says he bought the plane in 2004 and has flown it in and out of the Hampton Airfield hundreds of times.

While this was a nerve-wracking experience, he says it won't stop him from flying in the future.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

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