Plane on Florida beach that was brought safely down among beachgoers

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Dramatic image shows the plane on the beach at Singer Island on Saturday
Pilot Jamie Barker brought the plane down after his engine stalled
The light aircraft narrowly avoided beachgoers, including children

Published: 07:38 EST, 23 August 2015 | Updated: 09:07 EST, 23 August 2015

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A light aircraft pilot and his passenger walked away without injuries after a ‘miracle’ emergency landing on a Florida beach.

A dramatic picture shows the plane on the beach at Singer Island on Saturday evening after engine problems forced the pilot, Jamie Barker, to bring the plane down.

He had just flown passenger Gina Mason past landmark Jupiter Lighthouse and was on his way back to Lantana airport when the engine reportedly stalled.

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A light aircraft pilot and his passenger walked away without injuries after a ‘miracle’ emergency landing on a Florida beach

Barker told The Sun Sentinel: ‘We done OK, I guess.’

The plane narrowly avoided beachgoers, including children, and Barker and Mason apparently did not suffer any injuries.

DaWayne Watson, spokesperson for the Riviera Beach Fire Rescue told the newspaper that the landing was a miracle.

He said: ‘It was a very skillful landing — to be over water and then end up on the beach.’

Witness Gina Hartel told Wptv.com: ‘We saw this very low plane really close and we knew immediately something was wrong.’

NEW: @RivieraBeachPD identify pilot as Jamie Barker and passenger, Gina Mason; no injuries: http://t.co/RYactZl829 pic.twitter.com/JcwdUEjelX
— WPTV (@WPTV) August 23, 2015

Watson added that the Federal Aviation Administration will launch an investigation into the cause of the incident.

In June pictures emerged of a plane that crashed into a beach full of holidaymakers in Italy.

Startled sunbathers screamed and scattered as the light aircraft headed straight for them at the water's edge.

Pilot Jamie Barker (left) skillfully brought his plane down on the beach, telling a US broadcaster that he had 'done ok'. Pictured right is his passenger, Gina Mason

Amazingly, the single engine aeroplane landed and veered to a halt missing scores of frantic families who had been playing in the sand and the water only moments earlier.

The plane's propeller ended up being buried at the water's edge as bathers including children ran for their lives at the packed beach at Santa Severa, near Rome in Central Italy.

Angry holidaymakers went to confront the two pilots after the emergency landing but quickly realised they had been injured in the crash and called the emergency services instead.