TOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A light aircraft made an emergency landing Tuesday at a golf club in Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's main Honshu island, local police said.
The Hyogo Prefecture Police Headquarters said it received a message saying a small aircraft had made an emergency landing at a local golf course in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture before 4 p.m. local time.
The local fire department said that the plane was piloted by a single male who escaped from the aircraft by himself.
The fire department said that the pilot, after making the ditch landing, was able to escape from the plane and reportedly walked to ask for help from a guesthouse at the golf facility.
From here the man was taken to hospital, but no other injuries were reported by officials or the Himeji Aioi Country Club.
The club said the plane became lost in the vicinity of the course, which was open at the time to customers.
Representatives from the club said that all those out on the course at the time of the emergency landing had been accounted for and that there had been no injuries as a result of the ditched landing.
Both the local police and fire departments are continuing to investigate the accident.
