PLANE FOUND IN WASHINGTON CO. PASTURE

  

No one was injured when a small plane made an emergency landing overnight in rural Washington County.

A local property owner found the abandoned airplane in his pasture off Eberhardt Rd. early this (Tuesday) morning.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene on just south of Lake Somerville.

The property owner discovered the plane when he went to the pasture to feed his cattle.

The pilot has been contacted by authorities and said he had some mechanical troubles with the plane and used the pasture to safely land the aircraft.

The FAA has been notified and is investigating the incident.