Officials unveiled a plaque at Marina Park to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Huntington Beach Police Officer Nicholas Vella, who was killed in a helicopter crash while patrolling over Newport Beach.
Officials unveiled a plaque at Marina Park Sunday to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Huntington Beach Police Officer Nicholas Vella, who was killed in a helicopter crash while patrolling over Newport Beach.
"Vella spotted the group fighting and the pilot began to maneuver the helicopter in a tighter right orbit while relayed his observations over the police radio channel,'' according to the NTSB report."The pilot stated that he watched as ground patrol officers got out of their car and approached the group, who by this time had mostly dispersed,'' the NTSB reported.
Vella "transmitted over the police radio channel, 'We're having some mechanical issues right now,' followed by, we're going down, we're going down.''' "The darkness obscured the horizon and an accurate reference point, but he could see the lights of houses approaching, and sensed impact was imminent, so he pulled the collective control in an effort to bleed off airspeed,'' the NTSB reported.
The pilot managed to get the mouthpiece from his rescue air bottle to breathe as he released his seat harness and pushed his way out of the wreckage to swim to the surface. Onlookers helped pull him toward a boat.
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