The Los Angeles Fire Department said the crash was reported around 11:08 a.m. near Ralston Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima. High-voltage powerlines were knocked down by the single-engine plane, which appeared to be a 2007 Cessna 172S Skyhawk, as it came down.

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.

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

One bystander said the crash pulled down power lines in the area, complicating the rescue

A small plane crashed into a Pacoima parking lot Monday, damaging power lines. One person was taken from the scene by ambulance.

The pilot of a small plane was injured Monday after crashing his aircraft in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Southern California, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 11 a.

The 70-year-old pilot of the plane was taken to a local hospital after the crash and remains in critical condition.

Officials are investigating an incident involving an aircraft in Mesa, the latest in a series of recent plane crashes and unplanned landings.