U.S. Capitol Police said charges against Doug Hughes, a 61-year-old Postal Service worker from Ruskin, Florida, were pending under Title 49 of the U.S. Code, which deals with transportation.

Hughes flew a gyrocopter, which he described in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times as a "flying bicycle," onto the Capitol lawn on Wednesday afternoon. Law enforcement sources said he wanted to draw attention to the issue of campaign finance reform.

"I have got a plane, a gyro-plane, and I'm going to fly it. I'm going to violate the no-fly zone, non-violently," Hughes said in a video posted on the Tampa Bay Times website today. "I'm going to land on the Capitol Mall."

The FAA said in a statement that Hughes was not authorized to enter restricted airspace.

Hughes had been contemplating his plot for more than two years, according to the newspaper.

"No sane person would do what I'm doing," Hughes reportedly told the newspaper.