NTSB: flight path unusual in PA plane, chopper crash that killed doctor

Investigators with the NTSB say the flight path was “unusual” in a midair collision at Carlisle Regional Airport in Pennsylvania that killed a doctor and injured two state troopers. The crash occurred Wednesday, Aug. 19, at about 7 p.m., when a single-engine Cessna 150 piloted by Dr. Paul William Sokoloski veered off the north side of the runway and struck a Bell 407GX helicopter hovering over grass during a training mission. Pennsylvania State Police said both the helicopter pilot, Cpl. Bryce Herman, and Trooper Jason Mills were airlifted to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Mills remained hospitalized in stable condition. The airport is “noncontrolled,” with no air traffic control tower.