ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351150
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 2024 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP |
| Owner/operator: | ATP Flight School |
| Registration: | N23107 |
| MSN: | 172S13105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Direct, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Dallas-Addison Airport, TX (ADS/KADS) |
| Dallas-Addison Airport, TX (ADS/KADS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On the evening of January 24th, 2024, the student pilot of N23107 told KADS Tower that he was "not going to listen to KADS Tower 's instructions", was "heading to east Texas" and would "pull the com 1 circuit breaker and com 2 circuit breaker as soon as [he] un keys the mic". The aircraft's ADS-B track shows a departure from KADS towards the east. The aircraft turned north over Sulphur Springs, Texas, and then towards the northwest once over Paris, Texas. The aircraft last reported a vertical descent of -4736ft/min, impacting a field near Direct, Texas. The pilot perished.
According to a Texas DPS statement said that preliminary investigation indicated that the aircraft was stolen from ATP Flight School.
The pilot reportedly was, or used to be, a student there and he probably comitted suicide.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kxii.com/2024/01/25/one-person-dead-after-plane-crash-fannin-county/
https://easttexasradio.com/plane-crash-in-fannin-county/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/single-engine-plane-crash-under-investigation/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pilot-dead-plane-stolen-north-173047116.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=23107
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a20eaf&lat=32.987&lon=-96.790&zoom=14.0&showTrace=2024-01-25&trackLabels
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Texas : un homme meurt après avoir volé un avion et s'écrase:
— PLANES OF LEGEND ✈️ (@PlanesOfLegend) January 27, 2024
ASN: https://t.co/6QqLliBuVz
Presse: https://t.co/9r0m5x2BYO
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2024 07:37 | AnnonymousTexan | Added |
| 25-Jan-2024 07:38 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 25-Jan-2024 07:39 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities] |
| 25-Jan-2024 07:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 25-Jan-2024 13:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2024 14:23 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 25-Jan-2024 14:23 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 25-Jan-2024 14:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jan-2024 17:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2024 20:07 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Photo] |
| 25-Jan-2024 20:23 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2024 07:05 | fr7391 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2024 08:47 | jawad101 | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2024 08:48 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2024 12:25 | Vox Optimatium | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Jan-2024 10:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Country, Embed code] |
| 27-Jan-2024 10:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Feb-2024 23:03 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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