N66RC Aerial Survey aircraft made an emergency landing on US Hwy 80 in Forney, a suburb of Dallas, today.
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FORNEY, Texas [Story has been updated throughout] — Motorists should expect major delays both east and westbound U.S. Highway 80 on Monday due to a plane crash.
Around 2:40 p.m., the Forney Police Department and Forney Fire Department responded to U.S. Highway 80 just east of the Pinson Road Bridge for the reported plane crash.
The airplane, a fixed wing multi-engine Piper PA-23-250, is registered to Pacific Fleet Aviation LLC out of Rochester, New York.
There is no word on injuries or number of souls onboard the plane at the time of the crash. Law enforcement indicate there were no reported injuries.
The plane appears to have been traveling westbound over the highway before striking the ground, striking the center median divider cable, and traveling further westbound until it struck a highway guardrail.
According to flight data obtained by inForney.com, the plane departed Mesquite Municipal Airport at 9:31 a.m. and stopped transmitting from the site of the wreck at 2:42 p.m.
Flight data indicates the plane had flown south in the area of Mexia and Fairfield, Texas, on Monday, December 18, 2023, and conducted survey-like maneuvers in the area. Additional flight data shows flight records of the same in and around the north Texas area this past week and in New Mexico earlier this month.
Texas Department of Transportation and witness images don't show any involved vehicles.
A law enforcement source tells inForney.com the plane reportedly ran out of fuel, forcing its attempted landing on U.S. Highway 80.
The inside lanes of both east and westbound U.S. Highway 80 are closed near the site of the crash.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has been dispatched and will investigate the crash along with the NTSB and FAA.
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