>>> BACK NOW WITH AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A NEW YORK BEACH. AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS SHARING HOW HE AND HIS PASSENGER MANAGED TO WALK AWAY WITHOUT INJURY. OUR TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ JOINS US. EVERY TIME WE SEE THAT VIDEO, WE JUST HOLD OUR BREATH. >> LISTEN, ROBIN. THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS HERE, OKAY? WE HEAR ABOUT THESE SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE CRASHES ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY RARELY END THIS WELL, AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IT HAPPEN WITH SOMEONE ON THE BEACH RECORDING IT ALL. THIS MORNING, A HEART-STOPPING CLOSE CALL. A SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE MAKES A CRASH LANDING ON THIS LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK BEACH. >> THERE'S A SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE ON THE BEACH. >> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT TO BE NEW YORK ASSEMBLYMAN CLYDE VANEL. THERE WAS ENGINE FAILURE AND LOST POWER. >> OF COURSE, I WAS PANICKED. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE ENGINE. THE BEST PLACE FOR ME TO LAND WAS A SMALL AREA THAT HAD BEACH, THAT WASN'T AROUND PEOPLE, THAT WASN'T AROUND STUFF. >> Reporter: A WOMAN WAS ON THE BEACH WITH THAT DOG TAKING A VIDEO OF A SEAGULL WHEN THEY SAW IT HAPPEN. >> THEN WITH THE CORNER OF MY EYE, IT WAS HAPPENING SO FAST. I SEE THE PLANE FLYING LITERALLY TOWARDS ME. >> Reporter: INCREDIBLY ASSEMBLYMAN VANEL AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. >> I RAN UP TO THEM. WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THEM ALIVE IN ONE PIECE, AND I WAS, LIKE -- IT'S LIKE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: EXPERTS LOOKING AT THE VIDEO SAY HE DID EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK. APPARENTLY GLIDING HIS WAY TO THE BEACH AFTER LOSING THAT ENG ENGINE. >> IN THE NEW YORK AREA, WHETHER IT'S MANHATTAN OR LOWER AREAS OF LONG ISLAND, IT'S A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE TO FIND A PLACE TO PUT A PLANE DOWN. THIS WAS A VERY GOOD CHOICE TO MAKE. >> Reporter: THE ASSEMBLYMAN TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH GRATITUDE SAYING, THE FAA'S TRAINING ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WORKS. AND VANEL SAYS HE HAD JUST GONE UP TO PRACTICE SOME MANEUVERS OVER THE WATER. THAT'S HOW HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT BEACH SO QUICKLY. THE FAA, OF COURSE, WILL INVESTIGATE WHY THAT PLANE LOST POWER, BUT IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. ALL HE HAD WAS A SMALL CUT ON THE CHIN. >> THAT'S IT? >> THAT'S IT. >> HE DID A MANEUVER ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FOR SURE. >> HIS PRESENCE OF MIND TO BE THINKING OF OTHERS. >> HE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN TO DEPLOY THOSE WHEELS AND DO IT ALL RIGHT. >> VERY CALM, FILMING IT