Pilot dead in helicopter crash near Elgin in southeast Minnesota
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A helicopter pilot died in a crash Monday evening near Elgin, Minnesota, the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed just before 4 p.m. in a field just southeast of the town of Elgin, roughly 10 miles northeast of Rochester, authorities said.
The sheriff’s office identified the pilot as 40-year-old Corey Adcock of Victoria County, Texas.
The Federal Aviation Agency and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
No other information was immediately available.
NTSB is investigating the July 19, 2021, crash of a Robinson R-44 helicopter near Elgin, Minnesota.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 19, 2021
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