A pilot from Cape Coral made an emergency landing on a North Carolina highway Sunday. Vincent Fraser, a Marine veteran, got his private pilot’s license just last October. He had less than 100 hours of experience under his belt when he was put in a situation most pilots never experience in their career. Fraser took his father-in-law for a quick flight over the property he recently purchased outside Bryson City as a late Father’s Day gift. Fraser said things took a turn in his 1967 single-engine Aero Commander 100 aircraft on their way back.  The plane’s engine failed.  Vincent FraserVincent FraserVincent Fraser “We had to kind of fly up. When my aircraft started going up, she was doing great and then it just started sinking instead of flying,” he said, “I looked at my father-in-law and said ‘I’m sorry. But there’s something seriously wrong here. I’m going to try to restart the aircraft but help me find somewhere to land’. “ The two went from 5,000 feet altitude to just 1,000. Fraser knew he had to find somewhere to land quickly and safely.  “I see the bridge, but there’s too much traffic on it and the bridge is just way too narrow to land on it without killing ourselves or killing other people,” he said, “So I decided. We’re going to go into the river. So I started going down into the river and as I’m passing the bridge, by the Grace of God, I look to my left there’s Highway 19.” Fraser guided them under power lines and around vehicles on the busy road. They landed without injury or any more damage to the plane. State troopers and Swain County deputies helped guide the plane on a tow truck to a shop nearby.  Fraser said three days later, officials then shut down a portion of Highway 28 to allow him to take off to a nearby airport, where it remains. He flew back to Southwest Florida on a commercial flight Thursday. “I think I’m going to keep going. I just need some time away from the plane. I’m just glad to be alive and glad that no one was hurt,” he said.