A pilot, Mark Finkelstein, miraculously survived a plane crash off Oak Island, North Carolina, after his engine failed mid-air. He was rescued within 30 seconds by the Oak Island Water Rescue team after the plane flipped upside down upon impact. A pilot, Mark Finkelstein, miraculously survived a plane crash off Oak Island, North Carolina, after his engine failed mid-air. He was rescued within 30 seconds by the Oak Island Water Rescue team after the plane flipped upside down upon impact.