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Small plane in swamp near Danbury Airport

Associated Press

The pilot of a small plane stands outside after crashing it into a swamp near the Danbury Municipal Airport in Connecticut.

DANBURY, Conn – . Danbury officials say a man escaped serious injury when his small plane went into a swamp after missing the runway at Danbury Municipal Airport.

Danbury Fire Department spokesman Steven Rogers tells the Danbury News-Times the plane crashed near Foley's Pump Station on Miry Brook Road.

The pilot was the only person aboard the 1984 Beechcraft Bonanza.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton tweeted a picture of the plane resting upright in shallow water near Runway 35. The mayor said in a tweet the pilot appeared to be all right.

Danbury fire and emergency medical services responded, along with a boat, at around 7:15 Thursday evening.

Danbury firefighters set up absorbent booms around a small plane that crashed in a remote swamp off Miry Brook Road near the Danbury Airport July 24, 2014. The pilot was the only person on board and suffered minor injuries.