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NTSB releases preliminary report on crash involving Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, airplane

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CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) -- Federal investigators released their preliminary report on last month's deadly aircraft crash in Cumberland County. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a crash that downed a private Cessna 150 airplane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at the Ca…

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  1. BNO News

    NTSB releases report on fatal Pennsylvania helicopter-plane collision (opens BNO News)

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    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report into a mid-August collision between a small airplane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The airplane’s pilot was killed and both helicopter pilots were seriously injured.

  2. PA Home Page

    NTSB releases preliminary report on crash involving Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, airplane (opens PA Home Page)

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    CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) -- Federal investigators released their preliminary report on last month's deadly aircraft crash in Cumberland County. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a crash that downed a private Cessna 150 airplane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at the Ca…

  3. 6ABC Philadelphia

    NTSB details final moments before deadly mid-air collision involving Pa. State Police helicopter (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    A witness who heard radio transmissions between the aircraft told investigators the helicopter crew instructed the Cessna pilot to "extend his downwind."

  4. NBC10 Philadelphia

    NTSB releases preliminary report on deadly crash at Carlisle Airport (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    The wreckage of a Pa. State Police helicopter is piled onto a truck as investigators work at the scene of a deadly crash at the Carlisle Airport on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026.

  5. 6ABC Philadelphia

    NTSB details final moments before deadly mid-air crash involving Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, Cessna at Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    The NTSB detailed the final moments before a deadly mid-air crash involving a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a Cessna at Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County.

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