TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – 1.24.2024 Aircraft Crash in Fannin County

Date & Time: January 24, 2024, at 8:26 p.m.

County: Fannin.

Location: 9 miles northeast of Telephone, TX.

 

Aircraft: Cessna 172

Tail Number: N-23107

Owner: ATP Flight Schools.

 

Pilot: Deceased.

Logan Timothy James, 23-YOA from Stokesdale, NC.

 

Description: Preliminary investigation indicates the aircraft was stolen from ATP Flight School in Addison, TX, and crashed in an open field 9 miles northeast of Telephone, TX. The pilot was pronounced deceased at the scene. There were no passengers in the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation

Safety Board (NTSB) has taken over the investigation. Further inquiries must be made to the FAA or NTSB.

 

 

Josue “Tony” De La Cerda, Sergeant

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