SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - Smith County emergency crews are responding to a plane that made an unscheduled landing in Smith County.
According to officials, the plane made an unscheduled landing near Oscar Burkett Road in southern Smith County. After the plane suffered from mechanical issues, the pilot was able to land the aircraft in a freshly-cut pasture.
There was no damage to the aircraft or the property.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified of the incident.
An unscheduled landing occurs when a pilot makes a landing at a time and a place that they didn't intend to.
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Possible plane crash reported
Posted 1:33 pm Monday, May 27, 2013
Emergency crews are searching areas around Whitehouse for a possibly downed aircraft.
According to information from scanner traffic comments from Department of Public Safety officials, the pilot of a Beechcraft Bonanza reported having unspecified trouble about 7 miles southeast of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport and did not know if he could make it to the airport.
All contact with the pilot was lost shortly after, however, there has been no confirmation of a plane crash at the this time.
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