A plane crashed in a Pinelawn cemetery Saturday

A plane crashed in a Pinelawn cemetery Saturday

A plane crashed Saturday afternoon into a row of gravestones at Beth Moses Cemetery in Pinelawn, and the pilot and his passenger were brought to the hospital with minor injuries,

The plane had Engine problems about a mile northeast of Republic Airport in Farmingdale and the pilot had to make an emergency landing according to Federal Aviation Administration .

The plane was en route to Republic from Burlington, Vermon.

The two people aboard — a male pilot and a female passenger — were brought to Good Samaritan University Hospital. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating,