A private plane belonging to a company controlled by the co-founder of coffee giant Tim Horton's made an emergency landing on a southern Ontario airport Friday afternoon, officials said.

No one was injured in the incident which took place at Hamilton's John C. Munro airport just before 1pm, said director of operations Frank Scremin.

The Astra SPX aircraft began experiencing problems with its hydraulics system shortly before noon and alerted air traffic control, Scremin said.

The airport followed emergency protocol by mobilizing its internal response teams as well as alerting Hamilton police and fire services, he added.

The Astra SPX touched down without incident about an hour later, Scremin said.

"Everything appeared to land normally and stopped well short of the end of the runway," Scremin said in a telephone interview.

Scremin could not confirm more details of the emergency landing, including a Hamilton Spectator report that Joyce and three others were on board the aircraft at the time.

Messages left at Jetport were not immediately returned.

The incident will be recorded in Nav Canada's civil aviation daily occurrence report, Scremin said, adding Transport Canada and the Transportation Safety Board will decide later whether to investigate the incident.

If they do so, it will be the second time in recent years that Jetport has come under scrutiny.

A 2007 crash involving Joyce and seven other passengers prompted a probe that wrapped up last November. Joyce fractured two vertebrae in the crash, which took place at his private airstrip in northern Nova Scotia.

The investigation found the aircraft's two pilots had limited experience flying the 14-passenger jet and were unaware that the visual, ground-based guidance system they were using wasn't suitable for the aircraft, adding such problems were common.

"Although most pilots are aware that different ... systems are in use, they are not aware of what the limitations of those (systems) are," the report said.

"Many flight crews do not know which visual landing system is appropriate for their aircraft."

The board also found ineffective oversight of safety regulations was a key factor behind the crash.

Private aircraft operators regulated by the Canadian Business Aviation Association were not held to the same standard as commercial airlines regulated by Transport Canada, the report said.

The federal department transferred regulatory responsibility for some aviation operators to the private association in 2003, then failed to exercise effective oversight, the board said.

Joyce, a former Hamilton police officer, started the Tim Hortons chain (TSX:THI) in 1964 with NHL defenceman Tim Horton. He sold his interest to Wendy's International Inc. in 1995.