HEATHSVILLE, Va. (WWBT) - No one was injured after a plane crashed in Northumberland County on Saturday afternoon.

Just before 5 p.m., Virginia State Police responded to a report about a plane crash at the Federhart-Ophelia Stolport airstrip off Flood Point Road.

“The crash involved a 1972 Bellanca 7GCBC fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft,“ said Virginia State Police in a press release.

Virginia State Police said the pilot, who was participating in the annual Fall Fly-In event at the airstrip, was not injured.

“The aircraft became airborne before veering left and striking the tree line adjacent to the runway,” said Virginia State Police in a press release.

Troopers said no other injuries or property damage has been reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the in

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