WATCH: Small Plane Crashes On I-90, Driver Captures Everything On Camera

Officials say the pilot of an "experimental aircraft" walked away with only minor injuries after an emergency landing on I-90 on Tuesday afternoon.

The Montana Highway Patrol the pilot was heading over Lookout Pass, when he hit a downdraft and his engine quit.

The pilot said he aimed for the only landing strip he could think of: a lane of the interstate below.

The landed hard in the eastbound lanes, destroyed the plane in the process, but walked away. He's been taken to the hospital to get checked out.