A pilot and a passenger survived after a small plane that departed from Long Island crash‑landed in the Hudson River on Monday night near the southbound side of the Newburgh‑Beacon Bridge.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Cessna 172 went down in the water east of New York Stewart International Airport.

A spokesperson for Long Island MacArthur Airport confirmed to News 12 that the Cessna took off from Islip before crashing in the river north of New Windsor. The plane was heading toward Stewart Airport when the engine cut out, according to officials.

State police say both occupants self-extricated and were found on shore near 401 Water Street and transported to St. Luke's Hospital with minor injuries.

Pilot Brendan Gallagher told News 12 he happened to be flying overhead and saw the plane descend. “We saw they were going down in the river and we weren’t sure anyone had been there when it happened,” he said at the end of his statement. “We offered to aircraft control, do you want us to go try to find these guys and circle them until someone can get there? So we diverted our course and found them pretty quickly. Thank God they landed upright.”

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus told News 12 the plane lost power and that a 911 call came in around 8:08 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an X post the pilot and passenger were treated for minor injuries.

Neuhaus also told News 12 that the plane is slowly sinking. He adds that the Coast Guard is trying to recover the plane.