Incredible Emergency Landing in Winter Haven FL, USA

As a flight instructor, Kyle Davis teaches his students how to make emergency landings. On Sunday, he got put to the test.

"I was incredibly lucky," Davis told FOX 13. "It was a whole bunch of luck and a little bit of experience."

Davis, and his passenger, a professional videographer, left Gilbert Field in Winter Haven around 10:30 a.m. They were on their w More..ay to the Sun 'N Fun Fly in, a 15-minute flight.

Since so many other planes were flying there as well, Davis's passenger told FOX 13 that they thought "it would be cool" to video their trip.

Just minutes after taking off, the engine conked out. Davis got it going again, then it stopped a second time. Then, a third.

"He was just awesome," said John Amundsen, who taught Davis to fly. "I just hope if I ever have a situation like that, I am as cool as Kyle was."

As the plane got closer and closer to the ground, Davis had to make a split-second decision. Land in a nearby lake, or on Havendale Boulevard -- one of Winter Haven's busiest streets.

For whatever reason, there was no traffic on his side of Havendale, so Davis set her down there.

Now people around the world are watching what happened on YouTube. By Tuesday, it had gotten thousands of hits.

Even though Davis may have nerves of steel, a number of words on the video are bleeped out.

"I was saying my prayers," Davis said. "I was saying my prayers."

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• landing

[WilliamsErika1989]

@beauquinton11 Havendale blvd....its a road that connects 17 to 92....basically us polk county-ers way to cut from winter haven to auburndale without having to go the long way. Hence HavenDale blvd. lol

[beauquinton11]

Where exactly was this in winter haven.

[rcvideoshooter]

@shaun17304 It WAS his plane. Re-read the article.

[shaun17304]

Everyone should practice emergency landings,,prolly shouldent do them over a populated area like that.....not sure why the guy started clapping while they were rolling down a damn road, should of been his plane if he was the instructor....nice landing though man

[n3981k]

excellent job!

[Kelsinore]

Damn!! Nerves of steel.  Bet the legs were a little weak getting out of that plane though, eh? Great job!

[VImessenjah]

what kind  of plane was this? is a LSA?

[nerblebun]

Beautiful job. Both student and instructor kept cool. Way to go guys !!

[magnetron394970]

Wow - great job landing the plane. My mom's house is behind the furniture store where they landed. Fantastic job. Good thing it was on a Sun because that is a very busy street - but they were landing with traffic not against it.

[myrockfight]

Yeah man. Good farqin' job. Did you have to clean out your pants?! :) Way to keep cool under pressure!