FREDERICKSBURG,Va. – A 79-year-old Fredericksburg man was seriously injured after his plane crashed in Fauquier County on Thursday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police.
State Police responded to the crash at approximately 3:27 p.m. on the 14500 block of Spring Mill Road. The pilot, who was the only person on board, attempted to make an emergency landing in a field when his single-engine Cessna aircraft collided with several trees, authorities said.
The pilot sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment. No one on the ground was injured in the crash.…