Pilot walks away uninjured from plane crash in Rocky Mount; FAA & NTSB to investigate

A small plane crashed late Sunday night in Rocky Mount.

The FAA said a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed in Rocky Mount around 9:30 p.m. The Rocky Mount Police Department said the crash happened on West Raleigh Boulevard in between Nashville Road and Edwards Street.

Only the pilot was on board, the FAA said. Authorities said the pilot missed all the power lines and was able to walk away from the crash uninjured.

On Monday, WRAL News obtained surveillance video from a Shell gas station, which shows the plane flying over a car.

Residents in the area at the time of the crash called it a "blessing" that the man didn't hit any buildings and no one was injured.

"He could have hit the apartment buildings [or] the power lines, but he didn't touch any of that," Joanne Smaw-Asomugha said. "I'm feeling wonderful, but looking at this I'm feeling highly grateful and awfully blessed."

The identify of the pilot and the cause of the crash is unknown. Authorities removed the plane from the crash site Monday afternoon.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.