{"id":465265,"date":"2026-09-16T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465265\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:34:10","slug":"nbc4-helicopter-crash-in-l-a-leaves-at-least-3-dead-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465265\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC4 Helicopter Crash in L.A. Leaves at Least 3 Dead, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAt least three people are dead after local news station NBC4\u2019s helicopter crashed in Los Angeles<\/a> Tuesday night, according to fire officials.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe helicopter appeared to be over the scene of a nearby deadly Metro bus collision in the Chatsworth neighborhood when it crashed and burst into flames just before 7 p.m. PT. Several other vehicles that the chopper crashed next to also caught fire, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the Los Angeles Fire Department, three people were confirmed deceased at the scene after the helicopter crash in the 9100 block of Mason Avenue. Another person was transported to a local hospital after suffering an apparent panic attack.<\/p>\n

\n\tLocal news station Fox 11 reported <\/a>that two of the victims who died were aboard the helicopter and the third victim was a pedestrian on the ground, standing in a parking lot. Their identities have not been released at this time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe fire has been completely extinguished. No exposure to any structures. 4 automobiles and 2 storage containers have been damaged by the fire,\u201d LAFD added in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrandon Silverman, the LAFD public information officer, said the helicopter itself was \u201cpretty well destroyed.\u201d He added, per NBC4, \u201cSo we are going to have to go through the rubble and see how many victims there were on board, as well as identify the helicopter; we couldn\u2019t even see a tail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNBC4 Los Angeles later confirmed<\/a> it was the station\u2019s helicopter, NewsChopper4, which is operated by Angel City Air, that was involved in the crash.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will be handling the investigation. Fox 11 reported that Jennifer Gabris, a spokesperson for the NTSB, shared in a statement just after 9:30 p.m. PT, \u201cWe are investigating. An NTSB investigator is expected to arrive on scene tomorrow morning. We continue to gather information at this time. When I have more information, I will pass it along to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMoments before the NBC4 chopper crashed, it was flying above the scene of a bus collision in the area, which left two dead. Six other people were also transported to local hospitals from that incident.<\/p>\n

\n\tL.A. Mayor Karen Bass shared<\/a> in a statement on X later Tuesday, \u201cI\u2019m absolutely devastated by the loss of life in Chatsworth tonight. My heart is with the families and loved ones of those we lost in the tragic bus collision and helicopter crash.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur hearts are with the victims and families of tonight\u2019s devastating Metro bus and helicopter crashes in Chatsworth, and with the entire NBC4 family,\u201d California Gov. Gavin Newsom also wrote<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThank you to the first responders working tirelessly tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least three people are dead after local news station NBC4\u2019s helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Tuesday night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-465265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}