A plane crashed onto a golf course in Australia and the phone footage is wild

Golfers usually have to worry about slicing into the woods or losing a Pro V1 in the water. Not many are prepared for a small plane to crash-land next to them but that’s exactly what happened at Mona Vale Golf Course in Sydney, Australia, when a flying lesson went very, very wrong.

A pilot instructor and his student, both in their 50s, had their plane lose power mid-flight and were forced into an emergency landing right onto the fairway.

Miraculously, both only suffered minor injuries and walked away with nothing more than a hospital trip in stable condition. Golfers on the course got the whole thing on camera, and the video is insane. Honestly, it’s about as clear as crash footage gets.

A plane crashed onto a golf course in Australia and the phone footage is wild

Dramatic video captures the moment a small plane crash-lands on a golf course in Australia. The plane reportedly lost power mid-air and the golf club confirmed its occupants miraculously escaped without any serious injuries. pic.twitter.com/ygPyL6IFBo

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 18, 2025

A single engine Piper Cherokee in trouble and crashed landing on the Monavale Golf Course

Two men have escaped serious injuries after their light plane made a dramatic emergency landing on a golf course in a major city on Sunday pic.twitter.com/3kE6DvjbnA

— Umair Javed (@umairjaved1591) August 17, 2025

All things considered, the landing could’ve been a lot worse.

I gotta say being a flight instructor has to be one of the worst jobs in the world. You’re climbing into the sketchiest, most failure-prone aircraft imaginable with a person who has no clue what they’re doing.

Backup controls don’t matter much if the engine gives out. At least if you’re teaching someone how to drive, the worst-case scenario is a fender bender, not an impromptu crash-landing on the back nine.

A student pilot and his instructor crash landed a plane on a golf course in Australia

They both escaped with only minor injuries pic.twitter.com/lf1S8UuF8H

— Dexerto (@Dexerto) August 18, 2025

The Video Itself

The cell phone footage is crystal clear. None of that grainy Ring cam or security footage stuff. You can see the plane sputter, nose down, and then skid across the grass.

Shoutout to this guy, too

Most plane crash videos are grim. This one was weirdly watchable because everybody’s okay. It honestly might be the cleanest plane crash footage I’ve ever seen

Wild stuff, but hey, it’s better on a golf course than in someone’s living room.

Glad the two guys made it out safe. And somewhere in Sydney, golfers are telling their buddies at the bar, “Yeah, I was one putt away from birdie when a plane landed on the fairway.”

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