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Updated: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012, 3:14 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012, 3:14 PM EDT

LANSING, Ill. (AP) - Authorities have identified the Indiana pilot who died when his gyrocopter crashed after takeoff at a suburban Chicago airport.

The Lake County Coroner's office in Indiana says 66-year-old Edward Wiggins of Gary, Ind., died after suffering blunt force trauma in Monday's crash.

Lansing Fire Department Lt. Pete Chmura says the homemade aircraft took off from a runway at Lansing Municipal Airport before crashing hard. Another gyrocopter pilot reported the crash.

Chmura says both were members of a gyrocopter club that operates at the Lansing airport.

Tom Milton of the Greater Midwest Rotorcraft Club says Wiggins had been part of the group for a year and had just started flying gyrocopters.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.

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