THIS is the incredible moment a fearless pilot made an emergency landing on a busy highway after an engine failure.
The aircraft — believed to be an Aero Commander 100 — descended on US Route 19 in North Carolina at around 11.45am on Sunday, the local county's sheriff office said.
No injuries were reported, according to local media reports.
The plane's pilot, Vincent Fraser, from Florida, said he was forced to make the emergency landing after the aircraft's engine failed in mid-air.
He said his father-in-law was on board at the time as the pair were on their way home from viewing a property near Fontana Lake.
Vincent told WMYA: "I started going through my checklist and I was able to get the aircraft to restart and kind of fly a little bit, but she would only fly for 3 to 5 seconds, and then she would come back down and start to sink again."
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Incredible footage shows the single-engine aircraft coming down on the highway as Vincent searches for a small gap between the cars to avoid a dangerous crash.
The main road ended up being the best landing spot as it was the only section of flat land in the mountainous area.
He said: "By the grace of God, I looked to my left, and you couldn't see it before because, you know, it's just all valleys and mountains, but there's a road — that road that I landed on just right there, perfectly lined up."
Vincent only received his private pilot license in October – with fewer than 100 hours of flight experience.
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Authorities said they received 911 calls from motorists initially reporting a plane crash at the time of the emergency landing.
Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran told The Smoky Mountains Times: "The call came in as a plane crash, so we're just very thankful that it wasn't, because the circumstances would have been very different."
He said the "pilot set the plane down in oncoming traffic just over the power lines and there was one car coming".
The officer said the North Carolina State Highway Patrol is currently investigating the incident.
The footage of the astonishing emergency landing soon went viral online – with viewers shocked by what happened.
One viewer said: "Just trying to imagine what it would be like to be driving along minding my own business and all of a sudden a plane lands in my lane in front of me."
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Another wrote: "Holy Hell. Can you imagine being a driver?"
A third said: "Jeeeeeez, they BARELY missed the power lines at the end."
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