VIDEO: TWO MEN KILLED IN TERRIFYING HELICOPTER CRASH WHEN THEIR TAIL ROTOR HIT THE GROUND, SPINNING THEM OUT OF CONTROL FOR 5 LONG INESCAPABLE MINUTES, BEFORE BEING OVER COME BY FLAMES

VIDEO: TWO MEN KILLED IN TERRIFYING HELICOPTER CRASH WHEN THEIR TAIL ROTOR HIT THE GROUND, SPINNING THEM OUT OF CONTROL FOR 5 LONG INESCAPABLE MINUTES, BEFORE BEING OVER COME BY FLAMES

Bruce Allen Erickson, 65, of Rancho Santa Fe and his 60-year-old passenger, Wayne Frank Lewis of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, died as a result of a crash and fire that occurred as they were practicing landings. The Airbus AS350 helicopter’s tail hit the ground as it approached the landing pad. The body of the chopper then hit the ground, spun out and went up in flames, authorities said. Emergency crews were still extinguishing the resulting fire a half-hour later, according to North County Dispatch.