Dramatic footage of a biplane crashing into a lake in Texas, USA.

The video, filmed on Lake Travis on July 2, shows the small aircraft flipping as it hits the water before starting to sink.

According to local reports, the plane took off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday afternon and crashed shortly before 4pm.

"There were three passengers and all three escaped with only one with minor injuries," the filmer later wrote online.

A biplane crashes in Lake Travis July 2nd. The plane did an emergency landing and was flying parallel to the water when the engine cut off causing the plane to dip and flipped into the water. There were three passengers and all three escaped with only one with minor injuries. They had their ID copied by the Austin PD and told to go home.