Videos show plane flying over vehicles minutes before landing on Myrtle Beach area highway

Two adults and two children were onboard a small aircraft when it had to make an emergency landing on a roadway near North Myrtle Beach Sunday evening.

Videos taken by drivers show the plane flying over vehicles and vehicles traveling along the roadway just minutes before it landed on Highway 22.

All of the occupants were out of the plane and walking on the bridge, according to an Horry County Police call to service report. There were no injuries.

Horry County Police and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the scene at 5:28 p.m. when reports came in that the plane landed in the eastbound lanes of Highway 22, the report said. The landing closed down Myrtle Beach-bound lanes of traffic and also parts of Highway 90.

The plane was a single-engine Cessna 182 and experienced engine issues before the pilot landed on Highway 22 near North Myrtle Beach, according to the Federal Aviation Administration by email.

There is some damage to the aircraft, according to a Facebook post by Horry County Fire Rescue.

The plane is registered to Stanley Aero Club located at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte.

The plane appears to have left the Gastonia Municipal Airport about 4:09 p.m. Sunday, according to information from FlightAware.

A person connected with the club responded by text Monday saying, “The club’s plane was involved in an off airport landing on Sunday. Beyond that we will not be providing any further comments. We are happy that our pilot and his family our safe.”

The club was founded in 1970 and is a member-owned flying club, according to its website. There are about 25 members, the site said.

South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Myrtle Beach air tower were called, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration, the report said.

Highway Patrol diverted traffic from Highway 90 as the plane was towed, the report said. The FAA was scheduled to do a report Monday and remove the plane from the side of the road, Lance Cpl. Lena Butler said by text Monday.

After the plane was removed, Highway 22 and Highway 90 were reopened to traffic about 8 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.