The account is part of the preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board about the May 17 crash which killed the pilot and three others.
An FAA report says a Blackhawk firefighting helicopter was doing water dump tests at the Leesburg airport when control of the bucket was lost, killing four onboard.
Leesburg Police aren't releasing the names yet of the four people who were aboard a firefighting Blackhawk helicopter that crashed Tuesday near the Leesburg airport. Images of the horrifying crash scene is especially disturbing to Jerry Kidrick, a former Embry-Riddle professor who's also a certified flight accident investigator.