A pilot had a very lucky escape when he crash landed his light aircraft on a golf course on the Isle Of Wight yesterday.

The BBC reported that the fire service said the plane came down at Shanklin and Sandown Golf Club at about 13:00 on Sunday 3rd June as it was coming in to land at Shanklin Airport.

The NPAS Tweeted a picture of the crashed plane

The pilot, who did not want to be named, said he started experiencing engine trouble and rapidly descended.

He managed to navigate the plane between trees and crash-landed on the eighth tee of the course.

The National Police Air Service (NPAS), which was first on the scene, tweeted: "One very lucky pilot with minor injuries."

The BBC report quotes the pilot as saying, "I knew it was coming down and I had to figure how to bring it down.

"I couldn't even see the fairway as I navigated between the trees."

Justin Harden, of Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, told the BBC, "The pilot did incredibly well to put it down where he did.

"It's fortunate there were no golfers around and it is a very positive outcome from what could've been a difficult incident."