A gyrocopter sits on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with members of the U.S. Capitol Police nearby. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Florida man Douglas Hughes pleaded guilty to a lesser charge today after flying a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in April, CBS reports.

In May, he plead not guilty to six federal charges, and in June, he rejected a plea deal that would have meant several years in prison. At the time, he said the offered deal was too harsh for an act of civil disobedience that didn’t harm anyone.

Earlier this month, Hughes told AP that he’s always accepted “that there would be consequences” for what he did and he would plead guilty to a charge with less jail time.

The deal he accepted in U.S. District Court was one felony count of operating as an airman without an airman’s certificate, which could land him in prison for three years, the AP reports, “but prosecutors agreed not to ask for more than 10 months in prison as part of the plea deal.”

Hughes was a mailman when he took flight in the one-man aircraft and landed with 535 letters to Congress. He said that he wanted to call attention to “the influence of big money in politics.”

He made the flight from Gettysburg, Pa., and was able to get through three no-fly zones because air traffic controllers use a radar feed that filters out non-aircraft objects.

Hughes also told AP that now that he’s lost his job, he plans to become an activist “and continue to speak out against money in politics.” His sentencing is on April 13.