Flight records show the plane was in the air for less than 10 minutes from Whiteman Airport before crashing in the parking lot.

The pilot, a 70-year-old male, was taken to a local hospital.

Firefighters responded Monday to a downed plane in a parking lot in the San Fernando Valley community of Pacoima Reports indicated high voltage power lines were also damaged in the incident near Ralston and Van Nuys in an O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot,

The pilot of a small plane was injured after crashing his aircraft in the parking lot of auto parts store in Southern California.

Good Samaritans helped lift up a single-engine plane and pull the pilot from the wreckage in the parking lot of an auto-parts store in Pacoima, according to authorities.

Video from the scene shows the plane coming down and hitting a power line on its way to the ground, causing a utility pole to spark.