HARRISON COUNTY, Ind. — The FAA and NTSB are working on a joint investigation into a helicopter crash in southern Indiana. The crash happened Aug. 4 in rural Harrison County.
The pilot, 29-year-old Zane Lightner of Billings, Montana, was taken to the hospital in Louisville with non-life-threatening injuries.
A preliminary investigation shows the Bell 206 helicopter was being used as a crop duster when it hit a power line running across a cornfield off Big Indian Road NE, a short distance northeast of Corydon. .
Indiana State Police did a preliminary investigation and are securing the scene until federal investigators arrive.
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