A small plane bound for Stafford Regional Airport landing this morning at a WaWa gas station.
The plane was headed from Tampa to Charlottesville but was diverted to Stafford due to bad weather, according to Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
No injuries were reported.
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At 5:43 a.m., a 1968 single-engine, fixed-wing Piper made an emergency landing in the parking of a WaWa just north of the Shannon Airport in Spotsylvania County. No one on the ground nor the pilot was injured. (Photo attached)
The plane was en-route from Tampa, Fla., to Charlottesville but was diverted due to weather. The pilot, Jerome M. Orlando, 33, of Broadway, Va., was first directed to Stafford Regional Airport. But, the plane was running short on fuel so it diverted to Shannon Airport in Spotsylvania County. Due to a lack of fuel, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in the parking lot in the 3400 block of Shannon Park Drive.
The plane suffered minor damage. Only a mailbox and a parking sign were damaged on the ground.
The FAA and NTSB have been notified on the incident.
