By Cassie Spodak, CNN
New York (CNN) -- The pilot of a small aircraft was practicing landing when the plane crashed into an office building and burst into flames in Long Island, New York, Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
Emergency crews airlifted the pilot to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was in serious condition with severe burns, according to Michael Stankunis, an assistant chief at the Bohemia Fire Department. An ambulance transported the passenger, who sustained less serious injuries, he said.
The two-seater Beechcraft B19 plane was practicing landing at Islip MacArthur Airport in Bohemia, Long Island, and crashed half a mile from the end of the runway just after 3 p.m., FAA spokesman Jim Peters told CNN.
