Authorities are investigating after one person was killed Saturday afternoon in a gyrocopter crash near the Saline County Regional Airport in Bryant, according to a statement from Bryant police.
Police were called at 4:34 p.m. about a small aircraft that had crashed near the airport, police said. Bryant police officers and firefighters responded and located the pilot and the gyrocopter.
The cause of the crash was unknown as of Saturday night and the pilot's name was not released. Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating, according to the statement.
A gyrocopter is a rotary-wing aircraft that is often single-seated.
Metro on 09/04/2016