A small aircraft made an unexpected landing at one of the most exclusive golf courses in Los Angeles Friday afternoon, after failing to complete a safe landing at Santa Monica Airport. The plane, which was carrying three people,

Golf course landings are not uncommon with planes that need to make emergency landings in urban areas, due to their open terrain and relative lack of people. One of the most famous instances of that was when actor Harrison Ford made a much rougher landing at Penmar Golf Course, right next to the same Santa Monica Airport.

A plane crash-landed at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades on Friday afternoon, with the three passengers onboard unharmed in the harrowing ordeal, according to local fire departments