Small plane 'barely missed' trees before crash landing in field, stopping next to home

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/small-plane-crash-lands-hanover-county-municipal-airport-october-21-2023

Kyra Herring was headed home from a soccer game with her brother, Mason, and their mother when they spotted the plane.

"We were driving up the driveway... and I told my mom to stop because I saw the plane was not going to make it," Herring recalled.

Troopers said the pilot managed to land the plane in a field near the airport, but that the Cessna's wings hit several pine trees during the descent.

"The plane just barely missed the top trees, like the very taller ones, and started going down into the neighbor's yard," Herring said.

The girl said the plane hit one of the pine trees and "then started rolling, but landed upright."

The plane the nearly hit a well near a couple's home before it finally stopped, Herring recalled.

While her mom was calling 911, Herring ran to the scene.

"I made it there before they got out and asked them if they were OK," she said. "And a bunch of jet fuel started pouring out, so I backed up just in case any fire happened or anything."

Herring said four people made it out of the plane safely.

"No one was hurt, except for a couple scrapes on the hand," Herring said.

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