(CNN) An emergency landing went horribly wrong Sunday night as a plane crashed in San Antonio, leaving three dead, according to fire officials.

One of the victims was 22-year-old Eric Naranjo, his father told CNN affiliate KABB.

"He was a little shy when he was in high school," Severo Naranjo told the news station. "The best thing he ever did was go to (University of Texas at) San Antonio, because he just opened and blossomed like a flower."

The small, single-engine plane was leaving Sugar Land and headed to Boerne, Texas, when it developed engine trouble, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told CNN affiliate KSAT-TV

The pilot wanted to make an emergency landing at San Antonio International Airport, Hood said, but ended up crashing into the street.

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