KNOXVILLE, Iowa -- "I saw the gyrocopter coming in like it usually does. He's been practicing here for about a year and I thought he looked like he was a little bit low," said Dean Moats, who was working on farm equipment right across from the Knoxville Airport when he saw a troubling sign.
"Once I see a little bit of smoke and then I thought, 'well, that isn't right,' he said. "So I decided I better drive down and see if they crashed. So I drove down here and by the time I got here, there was about 60 feet of grass burned along side of the road and it was approaching the copter."
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