BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – A small plane was forced to land on a road in Broward County.
The plane came down in the area of Nob Hill Road and Hillsboro Boulevard in Parkland around 3:35 p.m. Monday.
According to the FAA, the single-engine Cessna C150 was forced to land after the pilot reported an engine issue.
Cellphone video shows the aircraft clipping a traffic light street camera antenna right before the emergency landing.
After narrowly missing several cars, the small plane clipped a tree before ending up nose-first in bushes.
The female pilot’s father was among those who rushed towards the scene.
“It’s a miracle that they were able to turn around,” he told Local 10 News. “They were over the Everglades once they lost power and brought it back down.”
Authorities said two people were on board when the plane touched down. No one was hurt.
“When a plane like this can land on a congested roadway with cars out here and nobody on the ground or in the car got hurt -- this is definitely successful,” Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Moser said.
The plane appeared to be from X-Flight, a flight school out of Pompano Beach.
Flight radar shows the plane took off from Pompano Airpark at 3:22 p.m. and was in the air for roughly 12 minutes before it went down.
FAA investigators examined the aircraft as day turned to night. A salvage company had to be called to dismantle the inoperable plane, remove the fuel and prepare it to be towed away.