A passenger plane about to land at La Guardia Airport avoided a potentially catastrophic collision with a drone over Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday morning, authorities said.

Shuttle America Flight 2708 from Washington, DC, was about 10 miles from touchdown when the unmanned craft flew into its path at about 11 a.m., forcing the plane’s co-pilot to pull up about 200 feet to avoid a collision, they said.

“The crew of the Embraer E170 reported that the unmanned aircraft was operating in the vicinity of Prospect Park at an altitude of about 2,700 feet,” said the Federal Aviation Administration.

The co-pilot, who had the controls, and the pilot spotted the red-and-black drone at the same time, and the pilot ordered his partner to pull up.

The co-pilot landed the plane safely with no reported injuries.

The jet has about 80 seats, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many people were on board.

An aviation expert said a collision with the drone could have been disastrous.

“A good comparison is bird strikes. The bird has no hard plastic or metal, but it can still create catastrophic engine failure. So if a drone got sucked into an engine, it definitely could have been catastrophic,” said Harrison Wolf of the Aviation Safety and Security Program, a think tank based at the University of Southern California.

The extent of the damage otherwise would depend on the size and weight of the drone, the speed of the jet and the point of impact, he told The Post.

If a small, lightweight drone, for example, struck a less crucial part of the plane, such as the metal portion of the landing gear, there would likely be only minor damage, if any, he added.

Wolf said the pilot in the incident near La Guardia was highly skilled or lucky — or both.

“It is very hard for a manned aircraft to avoid a drone,” he said, noting that pilots must take evasive action in a split second while flying at such high speeds.

It was the latest in a series of close encounters between aircraft and drones in the metro area.

Last November, inbound airplane pilots spotted two quadcopter drones in the restricted airspace around the runways at JFK Airport — with one coming within five to 10 feet of a Delta airliner’s wing.

Several days later, a JetBlue pilot spotted a drone about two miles from the airport 300 to 400 feet in the air.

That same week, a helicopter pilot spied two more drones flying at about 500 feet at 3 p.m. near the 59th Street Bridge Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, sources said.

Airports nationwide report an average of 25 drone sightings per month, the FAA says.

Drone operators are required by law to keep their craft under 400 feet in altitude and at least five miles from an airport.

The FAA and Joint Terrorism Task Force are both investigating Friday’s incident.

Reps for Shuttle America and its parent company, Republic Airways, did not immediately return requests for comment.