BUTLER COUNTY – A Kansas man died in a an accident just after 7p.m. on Friday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Gyrocopter piloted by James L. Toevs, 61, Whitewater, was flying northeast of Whitewater.

The rotorcraft was observed making a steep climb. It pitched over and then crashed.

Toevs was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Sedgwick County Forensics Center.

The accident remains under investigation.