No one was injured when a small plane crashed in northwest Houston, blocking lanes of the Grand Parkway at Cypress Rosehill Road, traffic cameras show.
No one was injured when a small plane made an emergency landing in northwest Houston, blocking lanes of the Grand Parkway at Cypress Rosehill Road Sunday afternoon.
Around 11:30 a.m., the pilot of a single-engine Beech M35 reported engine problems and made an emergency landing on to the highway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No one else was on board, the FAA said in a statement. The Harris County Sheriff's Office initially responded to the crash,, but officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety have since taken over the scene, according to Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland.
The aircraft clipped a trailer and hit a concrete barrier, according to the FAA, and it's possible it hit a power line as well, Gilliland added. After landing, the plane caught fire, but the pilot was able to climb out of the plane with no injuries, Gilliland said.at 1:23 p.m. showed the plane was nose-down in the center of the road with extensive damage to its front half, though the fire had been put out. Traffic was still backed up as of 2:30 p.m., according to traffic camera photos.
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