LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- Lake County deputies say a father thought it would make a positive impression to students if he dropped off his child at school Monday morning by helicopter. Officers say Bart Southern rented a helicopter to take his son to school and landed it behind the portables at East Ridge High School (see map).

Deputies who were patrolling the student parking lot around 7:00am said that the helicopter was flying approximately 200 feet over the campus. Moments later they received a call from school officials over the radio wondering why the helicopter was landing behind the portables.

When officers were able to make contact with Bart Southern, they told him that there were very serious safety concerns about the incident. The FAA launched an investigation, but both federal investigators and the sheriff's office say it doesn't appear the pilot broke any laws.

"At this point, he just dropped his child off at the school. He just did it with a helicopter," said Cpl. Jim Vachon, Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The helicopter company says Southern is a regular customer and probably didn't mean to alarm anyone.