PINAL COUNTY, AZ — One person is dead after reportedly crashing while flying using a "paramotor device" Sunday morning between Maricopa and Casa Grande.
Maricopa officials say just after 7 a.m., they received a report that a small aircraft had gone down just east of Murphy Road and La Brea Road, southeast of Desert Sunrise High School.
When first responders arrived, they found an individual using the "backpack" device that had an uncontrolled landing.
The pilot, who has since been identified as 45-year-old Allen Kay Sackett of Florence, did not survive the crash.
No one on the ground was hurt, and no structures were damaged.
Maricopa police continue to investigate what led up to the crash.
