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A small airplane made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon in the Mountain Creek area of southwestern Dallas, authorities say.
Just before 3 p.m., the plane’s pilot experienced engine problems, struck a power line and a road sign, then landed on the road, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. No vehicles were struck.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said a husband and wife were in the plane when it landed. Authorities did not identify them or say who was the pilot.
No injuries were reported, Evans said.
He said that despite reports of the plane being on fire, there was no fire when Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived and there was no fuel leaking from the aircraft.
The plane, a seven-seater Diamond Aircraft DA62, left Winston Field in Snyder — about 71 miles west of Abilene — and was headed to Dallas Executive Airport, but landed about two miles northwest of its destination, the FAA said.
Dallas police were helping block streets near the 5300 block of West Kiest Boulevard between Dan Morton Drive and Duncanville Road.