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Toy chopper-crash pilot snagged by his own video

The bassist for a cheesy ’80s tribute band was busted after his toy helicopter smashed into a Midtown building and nearly brained a pedestrian below, sources said Friday.

Cops used video footage from the 3-pound chopper’s own mini-cam to nail the musician after the toy craft crashed into a building near Grand Central Station, sources said.

David Zablidowsky, 34, of Brooklyn — a well-known bassist on the local music scene who currently plays with a band called Rubix Kube — had been sought by police since the bizarre incident Sept. 30.

Zablidowsky allegedly launched the chopper at 6:30 p.m. from the balcony of his girlfriend’s 11th-floor pad near Madison Avenue and 41st Street.

Its minicam recorded it flying through Midtown, past such landmarks as the MetLife, Chrysler and Empire State buildings, before smashing into several unidentified buildings and crashing about 4 minutes after takeoff.

But the tiny camera also recorded Zablidowsky’s face as he prepared to launch the toy.

The camera was recovered in the wreckage by the pedestrian it nearly hit. The pedestrian, a 40-year-old financial planner from the Upper East Side, turned the footage over to WABC/Channel 7 — and cops went door to door to try to identify the toy’s owner.

Zablidowsky, who lives in Borough Park, was finally ID’d and arrested on Oct. 3. He was charged with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor.

His manager, Julie English, said his band was playing a gig in the Hamptons Saturday night and that Zablidowsky was already out of town.

“Oh my goodness! I ­haven’t heard anything about that,” she said about the toy-chopper crash.

Zablidowsky, who also goes by the name David Z, could not be reached for comment.

The Rubix Kube Web site called him one of “the most-excellent and versatile musicians around.”