OXFORD — A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Waterbury-Oxford Airport Sunday afternoon. According to a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration, a Cirrus SR22 aircraft landed safely at the Oxford airport at 4 p.m. Sunday after the pilot declared an emergency and reported a possible engine problem when the aircraft was two miles west of the airport. The pilot had been practicing takeoffs and landings before the emergency. A Cirrus SR22 is a fixed wing single engine plane. According to FAA records, the plane is owned by the Cirrus Design Corp. of Duluth, Minn. No other owner is listed. The Waterbury-Oxford Airport is a is a public use, publicly owned GA airport on 424 acres of land.
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