Call it a miracle. A golfer was nearly hit Sunday afternoon by a plane that crash-landed on a popular Sacramento golf course.
Video footage from the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex shows the single-engine Piper PA-28 ending up on the golf course, slamming into the ground and skidding across a road and practice green before crashing into a workshop. The golf course is located near the Sacramento McClellan Airport.
The plane’s tail passed within putting distance of a startled golfer on the green.
Haggin Oaks said the plane crashed on the 10th tee of Arcade Creek Golf Course, which is one of two golf courses on the property, and hit the Mackenzie Pro Shop.
“Due to cleanup efforts and security measures, our restaurant and pro shop will be closed for the remainder of the day,” the golf course wrote on its post that day.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Sacramento Fire Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
It is unclear what caused the pilot to lose power, but ABC 7 reported that the pilot experienced a mechanical failure about 400 feet in the air and needed a safe place to land. The news station said the pilot walked away with a cut on his hand.