Patrick Swayze was unhurt after a scare while piloting his private plane today, it has been learned. A spokesman from the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma tells Hollywood.com that the 46-year-old “Dirty Dancing” star was flying en route from Van Nuys, Calif., to Las Vegas around noon today, when he made an unscheduled, emergency landing on the dirt roads near Prescott, Ariz.
According to the FAA, Swayze‘s plane, a 1978-built Cessna seven-passenger aircraft, encountered a pressurization problem in its engine and had disappeared from the radar shortly after.
The actor was at the controls; no others were on board.
Swayze‘s publicist issued a statement saying that the actor was not “seriously hurt” and that the plane had only minor damage.
