Plane Crashes into Pacific Ocean, Right Off Huntington Beach

It’s not just the waves crashing into SoCal’s famous Surf City—a plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, just a few dozen feet from shore… and the miracle here is the pilot’s condition.

A small plane crashed on Friday in Huntington Beach around 1:30 p.m. and was so dangerously close to the shore that a guy who was chilled in the sand shot a crystal-clear video of the crash.

The man’s reaction to the plane hitting the surf may be the most SoCal reaction ever – he yelled, “Oh dude! I got it on video!”

The fact that the pilot fell so close to the shore may have affected his survival – you can see the lifeguards immediately spring into action. Huntington Beach city officials tell TMZ … these lifeguards were able to pull the pilot from the plane and quickly get him to the ground. He was not seriously injured, but went to the hospital to be checked out.

It is interesting that there was a competition for junior lifeguards on that part of the beach, but they were not involved in the rescue work. However, you can’t beat that kind of internship.