The pilot of a Life Flight helicopter out of Missoula that crashed in Lincoln in late August had looked at multiple landing areas, scouted the chosen one and received clearance from a person on the ground that it was safe to land before the aircraft crashed, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The report details the three-person crew’s flight in the early morning hours of Aug. 26 that ultimately resulted in the helicopter crashing into a sign 10 feet above the ground near the middle of downtown Lincoln. None of the crew members were injured in the crash. Crime

Life Flight helicopter crashes in Lincoln early Tuesday morning, crew survives

Thom Bridge

The crew was responding to a four-wheeler crash and arrived from Missoula around 12:48 a.

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