WASHINGTON — David Ventura, his family and a roommate were sleeping in their quiet Herndon, Va., apartment Thursday about midnight, when what sounded like a bomb jolted the father of two awake.
Ventura said he sprang from his bed to find a surreal scene: A small plane had crashed landed in his living room with its nose resting on the floor.
As Ventura stood in shock, he said the pilot and a passenger clambered out of the cockpit of the single-engine Cessna 177 and an awkward moment ensued.
“The pilot asked if we were OK,” Ventura said. “I told him that we were all good.”
The plane had missed his son Markus’ bed in an adjoining room by just a few feet and a roommate’s room. Ventura said his 6-year-old boy was oblivious to the destruction that had occurred around him — he slept through the entire incident.
The pilot William Larson, 61, of Vienna, Va., was the only person who suffered serious injuries, the Virginia State Police said. The injuries are non-life threatening. The passenger Alejandro Tache of Orlando, Fla., was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
