( CNN ) -- Pilot William Larson and his passenger were taking aerial photos from a single-engine plane for their Virginia photography company overnight when the plane had electrical problems , police say . Minutes later , the plane slammed into the living room of a third-story suburban Washington apartment in a crash that caused no life-threatening injuries , according to Virginia State Police . The Cessna crashed into the top floor of an apartment in Herndon as the residents slept Friday , shortly after midnight , seriously injuring Larson , 61 , and hurting his passenger and a woman in the apartment , state police said . Video from CNN affiliate WJLA showed the front of the plane deep into the third-floor living room , with the tail sticking outside . One of six people sleeping in the unit at the time , David Ventura , told CNN affiliate WUSA that his children slept through the crash , and that his wife had quite a shock when she left her bedroom . `` She saw the plane inside the living room and ... she was screaming and everything , '' Ventura said . `` And one of the guys that was driving the plane told her to call 911 . `` But she was so nervous that she said that she got her cell phone , and she was trying to dial 911 , and she could n't because she was in shock . '' Ventura 's wife was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries , and Larson 's passenger , Tache L. Alejandro of Orlando , Florida , was treated at the scene for minor injuries , state police said . Larson was hospitalized with serious injuries but is expected to survive , police said . Larson and Alejandro , having taken off from Philadelphia and expecting to land in Manassas , Virginia , were taking infrared photographs from the plane when the aircraft `` experienced electrical problems and the engine cut off , '' state police said in a news release . With the plane also running low on fuel , Larson contacted Virginia 's Dulles International Airport with a view to landing there , but the plane crashed in the Herndon apartment building about a mile short of Dulles , police said . The building was evacuated Friday , and the Red Cross is assisting four families , WUSA reported . Workers and a crane took the crumpled plane out of the structure and onto a flatbed truck Friday morning . The plane is registered to Aerial Photographers in Vienna , Virginia . Calls to the business were n't immediately returned . The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were to investigate the incident , state police said .
A single-engine plane crashes into the living room of an apartment in Herndon , Virginia . The pilot is seriously injured and two others are hurt , but all are expected to survive , police say . - March 22 : Six people were sleeping in the apartment when the plane hit it , according to police .