CROZEN, Va. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the crash landing of an autogyro plane in Crozet.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says the aircraft swerved and tipped over as it was attempting to take off from a field on Wednesday afternoon.
Geller says the aircraft’s only occupant, pilot David L. King of Crozet, wasn’t injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified of the incident.
An autogyro is an aircraft that has a horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage to provide lift and a conventional propeller to provide propulsion.
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