A man and woman in a small plane were unharmed when it crash-landed this morning at a parking area on Richmond Road.
The crash was reported about 11 a.m. at the High Street Garage in the 1400 block of Richmond Road, according to Sgt. Michelle Anaya, Virginia State Police spokeswoman.
The single-engine plane was having engine problems when the pilot saw an open field and planned to land there, said Eric Stone, spokesman for the Williamsburg Fire Department. One of the plane's wings clipped the parking garage as it tried to land, then the aircraft ended up in a parking lot behind a strip shopping center.
Virginia State Police said the 1973 Cessna lost power. The pilot, Hans Kopper, 81, of Williamsburg, and his passenger each escaped without injury and no one on the ground was injured.
The plane was heavily damaged, Stone said.
Virginia State Police were still on the scene investigating about 1 p.m.
Pilot writer Lauren King contributed to this story.
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