Kiev- Ukrainian police arrested a Hungarian ultra-light aircraft pilot claiming to have accidently overflown the two countries' common border, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

Border troops took the man into custody while inspecting the passengers of a public transport microbus near the village Solomonovo, in Ukraine's western Zakarpatia province.

The Hungarian reportedly told police inclement weather had blown him off course during a recreational flight near the east Hungarian city Debrecen.

The one-engine aircraft made a safe emergency landing some 10 kilometres inside of Ukraine, near the village Malie Heevtsi, he was cited as saying.

Police inspecting the landing site found bits of a propeller but no other aircraft debris.

The Hungarian after being sent to a holding facility near the town Mukachevo was found to have two mobile telephones and a night-vision device in his possession, according to a Border Troops' statement.

Smugglers have used ultra-light aircraft in the past to ship illicit goods between Ukraine and its western EU neighbours Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

The most valuable air-lifted contraband is cigarettes or narcotics.

Ukrainian law enforcers were searching for evidence the pilot had been smuggling, according to the report. (dpa)