Amazing Video: Stunt Plane Crash

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A family of three evaded what could have been a major, if not fatal, mishap after a sport biplane doing loops flew too low and collided with their car.

Police in the town of Grossostheim, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Frankfurt, said the plane's pilot was performing aerial acrobatic maneuvers when it flew too low and failed to pull up in time, striking the family's car near the small air field.

Amateur video obtained by AP Television News shows the impact of Sunday's collision, which tore the bottom frame off the airplane and left it and the car in the nearby field.

Police said Tuesday the married couple and their daughter inside the car escaped with minor injuries as did the pilot.

[Vintageseltzer]

Does anyone know who shot this video? I am Interested in acquiring the original video for a television special. Compensation will be provided.

[rwsmith29456]

One lucky pilot and family. He was WAY too low. Waste of a good airplane, too.

[darthcheney345]

That wasn't a loop, it was a spin.

The pilot pulled out of the spin too low.

Then the pilot stalled while trying to pull up too sharply. Notice the left wing dropped just before impact.

The pilot is very lucky to be alive.

If the plane hit a car while sliding on the ground, the pilot is lucky they're alive, too.

This is one pilot who shouldn't be flying sunts at low altitude.