Golf was interrupted Friday afternoon after a small aircraft made an emergency landing in a fairway at the Riviera Country Club golf course. As SkyCal flew overhead, first responders could be seen at the Pacific Palisades course,

Golf course landings are not uncommon with planes that need to make emergency landings in urban areas, due to their open terrain and relative lack of people. One of the most famous instances of that was when actor Harrison Ford made a much rougher landing at Penmar Golf Course, right next to the same Santa Monica Airport.