Preliminary report details mechanical issues before helicopter crash that killed Huntington Beach PD officer
Two Huntington Beach officers were responding to a report of a group fighting in the neighboring city of Newport Beach on the night of Feb. 19 when the aircraft crashed in a narrow strip of water in Newport Bay between Lido Isle and the Balboa Peninsula. Witnesses said boaters rushed to pull the officers out of the helicopter, which landed upside down in shallow water.
A preliminary report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter was orbiting about 500 feet above the scene and the pilot had slowed to keep a camera aimed on it when the aircraft suddenly"yawed aggressively to the right," meaning its nose veered in that direction. The pilot tried to correct and stop the rotation but instead the helicopter began to make a spinning descent, the report said.
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