A small plane made an emergency crash landing in a field not far from Interstate 20 on E. Malloy Bridge Road, NBC 5 has learned.
The pilot contacted Metro Mesquite Airport at about 11:30 a.m. and requested emergency clearance due to unspecified trouble with the aircraft.
The pilot didn't make it to the airport and came down in a field roughly 3.6 miles south of the airfield.
The plane, a single-engine Zodiac 601XL that seats two, was spotted by Chopper 5 nose down in a field a little more than a mile south of I-20.
The pilot was the only person on board and he was not injured.
The specific nature of the emergency has not been confirmed.
We will update this story with more information as soon as it's available. As this story is developing, elements may change.
