FANNIN COUNTY, Texas — A 23-year-old man died in a small plane crash in rural Northeast Texas on Wednesday night, and authorities said the aircraft was stolen from an Addison flight school.
The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday about nine miles northeast of Telephone, Texas, near the Red River in Fannin County, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Logan Timothy James, 23, of Stokesdale, N.C., was identified as the pilot who died, the release said.
No one else was on board the Cessna 172 plane when it crashed in an open field.
Officials said investigators learned that James stole the plane from the ATP Flight School in Addison.
Addison city officials confirmed that James was a student at ATP and that the aircraft left the Addison airport at 6:53 p.m. Wednesday. The city said police were investigating if the plane was stolen.
More information about how the incident and crash happened has not been released.
WFAA reached out to ATP officials for comment but did not immediately hear back Thursday morning.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the case.
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