Plane makes emergency landing in Waterford

WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing in a marshy area of near popular beaches a few miles from Groton-New London Airport. No one was injured.

Officials say the pilot was the only person on the plane that landed near Waterford Beach and Ocean Beach Park in New London on Monday.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters tells the Hartford Courant the aircraft developed an engine problem and the pilot was trying to make it to the Groton-New London Airport. He said the plane was a home-built Sonex certified by the FAA. He said the FAA was sending an investigator.

The pilot's daughter, Jennifer Beck, tells The Day of New London that her father, 74-year-old Kenyon Riches was headed for the Groton-New London Airport from Buffalo, N.Y., for a family visit.