(WSVN) - A pilot crashed near the Florida Keys after his plane’s engines stopped on Sunday morning.
Body cam video showed the moment 40-year-old Adam Joseph Barney was rescued by a Monroe County deputy after his small plane crashed off the Lower Keys.
Barney was piloting an Aero Commander 500 when he noticed his aircraft was experiencing engine trouble. According to investigators, the aircraft went down in the Gulf of Mexico near Sawyer Key.
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Coast Guard quickly responded to the crash.
A deputy located and rescued the pilot, who didn’t suffer any injuries.
No one else was on board the plane. The crash remains under investigation.
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