Plane Crash Lands Just After Take Off
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1040pm 11-20-25
LOCATION: Grand Pkwy & West Rd
AREA/CITY: Katy
DETAILS:
- A Male Pilot coming out of West Houston Airport was forced to make an emergency landing
- Plane is a 1967 Mooney M20E, tail number N523MW
- The pilot, a 42 year old male out of Ft Bend County, Reported engine trouble West of Grand Pkwy
- The pilot tuned East to return to the airport, and it is believed that a cylinder failed causing the single engine to fail (unconfirmed, but provided on the phone by DPS)
- The pilot put the plane down just inside Grand Pkwy, in a field belonging to a new Housing development
- The pilot walked away without any injuries
- Plane appears to have sustained damage as the result of the hard landing/ crash
- HCSO District 4 and Cy Fair FD responded to the scene, and ultimately handed the investigation over to DPS
Per DPS Sgt Standifer (via phone), once the FAA has responded it will be determined how to proceed. All info confirmed by DPS PIO via phone
HANDLING AGENCIES: DPS/ FAA
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