CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas — The pilot of a small plane was injured after the aircraft made a hard landing in Cherokee County on Sunday.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS, around 4:30 p.m., troopers to a reported plane crash, about five miles north of New Summerfield in Cherokee County.
The preliminary report indicates a Cessna 182 single-engine plane was traveling from the Cherokee County airport to a private landing strip on County Road 4716.
"Due to a strong tailwind, the aircraft landed too fast traveling through a barbwire fence before striking several trees," DPS said.
The pilot, identified as Waun R. Harrison, 73, of Troup, was taken to a Jacksonville hospital and is stable.
