The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles earlier this year, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, appeared to misperceive the angles at which …
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles earlier this year, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, appeared to misperceive the angles at which he was flying, according to federal investigators in documents released Wednesday.
Ara Zobayan reported that he was climbing 4,000 feet to get above clouds for better visibility when he was actually descending moments before he crashed on Jan.26 on a hillside in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas.
“Calculated apparent angles at this time show that the pilot could have misperceived both pitch and roll angles,” one National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report stated. “During the final descent the pilot, responding to [air traffic control], stated that they were ‘climbing to four thousand.
