Dashcam footage shows plane skimming motorway before crashing into field

Pilot and passenger survive smash with only minor injuries

The light aircraft crash landing north of Toronto's small Buttonville airport (Twitter)

A light aircraft narrowly avoided crashing into a dual carriageway after its wing skimmed the road before landing in a field.

The pilot and passenger were said to have sustained only minor injuries after the small plane, a Cirrus SR20, missed the runway at Toronto's Buttonville airport.

The aircraft was flying circuits – where the pilot practices take-offs and landings on a continuous loop – when it missed the runway, crossing in front of traffic and stopping on a bank on the other side of the road.

An air crash investigator from Canada's Transportation Safety Board has been sent to the scene.

A photo of the plane, which landed upright, was shared by the agency, which said the aircraft had suffered "significant damage during a runway excursion".

Dash-cam footage of Tuesday's landing, shared by Tom Podolec, a photojournalist at CTV News, showed the moment the plane crossed in front of car traffic on 16th Avenue, which runs north of the airfield.