Gyrocopter crashes at Whangarei Airport

A gyrocopter has crashed at Whangarei Airport.

The pilot is understood to have escaped uninjured, Inspector Cornell Kluessien of the police northern communications centre said.

``I think it was landing because someone said that it was coming overhead and then they heard a crash but it can't have been much of a crash because the pilot's hopped out and started organising to tow the thing to be repaired,'' he said.

Police and the Fire Service were stood down.

St John Ambulance staff were on their way to the scene to assess the pilot.