Private plane makes terrifying crash landing at iconic country club, shocking footage shows

Fore!A small private plane made a terrifying crash landing at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles — and miraculously, no one on the aircraft or the golf course was harmed, shocking fairway footage shows.The 1966 Cessna 172G Skyhawk pilot failed to navigate a landing at the nearby Santa Monica Airport just after 1 p.m.local time and took the desperate measure to stick a landing on the storied private golf course, KTLA reported.Video showed the plane banking around a tree and making touch-and-go contact with the ground near a sandtrap, eventually coming to a precarious stop near the tee where a videographer watched aghast.All three passengers onboard were uninjured, KTLA reported, citing the Los Angeles Fire Department.Golf courses are not irregularly used by pilots during emergencies — including actor Harrison Ford.The scruffy nerf-herder suffered head injuries and a broken arm when he busted up his vintage World War II plane at LA’s Penmar Golf Course shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport back in 2015. The Riviera Country Club will be the site for men’s and women’s golf during the 2028 Olympic Games. Though it was unaffected by the Palisades Fire, Tiger Woods moved his Genesis Invitational from the Riviera to Torrey Pines out of respect for the deadly blazes....

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Publisher: New York Post

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