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Actor Swayze Crash Lands Plane, Walks Away

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) -- A small plane piloted by actor Patrick Swayze crashed Thursday near this town 90 miles north of Phoenix, the FAA said. Swayze was not injured.

Swayze was flying a 1978 twin-engine Cessna 414A from Van Nuys, Calif., to Las Vegas, when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing, said John Slabes, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

FAA monitors who control that airspace lost sight of Swayze's plan on radar at 13,000 feet around noon and couldn't contact him by radio.

Slabes said FAA officials notified local authorities, and Prescott Valley police found the plane on a dirt road with only minor damage.

Swayze, who was the only person aboard the aircraft, was not immediately found with the plane and had apparently started walking down the road, Slabes said.

It was not immediately clear what forced Swayze to make an emergency landing, but FAA officials had been told it was a pressurization problem.

Swayze, 47, has starred in several movies, including "Ghost," a hit with that cast him alongside Demi Moore, and "Dirty Dancing," the 1987 movie that helped launch his film career.