ADS-B data revealed that the Piper PA-24-250 departed North Texas Regional Airport/Perrin Field (KGYI) in Sherman, Texas, on Aug. 13, 2023, and proceeded to Wiley Post Airport (KPWA) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Shortly after being handed off from Oklahoma City Approach to Wiley Post Tower, the pilot told tower controllers that he was losing engine rpm and that he was going to make an emergency landing on Interstate 35.
During the approach to the interstate, the plane hit power lines and skidded off the interstate down a grassy slope along Interstate 235 about 8 nm east of KPWA. The pilot was seriously injured in the crash…