Pilot Who Landed on Knickerbocker Rd. was Angelo State Student Pilot

SAN ANGELO, TX – New information Monday confirmed that the airplane that landed at on Knickerbocker Road Monday morning was flown by a student pilot from Angelo State University.

As previously reported, on June 26, 2023 at around 3 a.m., a plane made an emergency landing near the intersection of Knickerbocker and W. Loop 306. For the original story see: San Angelo Police: Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Knickerbocker Rd.

After the San Angelo Police Department made the confirmation of the landing, Angelo State University issued a statement on the incident.

"This morning, a student pilot was participating in a required night time cross country flight. It was determined there was a fuel exhaustion event that resulted in an off-airport landing. No injuries or damages occurred," said ASU's Director of Communications and Marketing Brittany Miller. "A review is in progress with the appropriate entities per standard practice to gather more information."

According to flight aware, the plane took off from Oklahoma City at 12:54 a.m. It appears the plane ran out of fuel at 5,000 ft above FM 2105 north of San Angelo. This is the spot Flight Aware lost the Diamond DV-20 Katana's location.

Angelo State University has offered a flight school for the past few years. This has been the only reported non-airport landing in the program's history.