Archive · 17 Sep 2026
NBC4 Helicopter Crash Kills Three in Los Angeles
A news helicopter was flying over Los Angeles to report on a traffic crash.
It suddenly lost control and fell between two commercial buildings in Chatsworth.
Two people in the helicopter died.
A person walking on the ground also died.
The helicopter started a fire that spread to parked vehicles and storage containers.
Firefighters put out the fire, and nearby buildings were not damaged.
A video shows the helicopter shaking just before it crashed.
The earlier traffic crash being covered also killed two people and hurt six others.
A NewsChopper4 helicopter crashed in Chatsworth shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, killing two aboard and a pedestrian.
The victims aboard were NBC4 reporter Eliana Eli Moreno and pilot George Marciniw.
The helicopter had been covering an earlier SUV and Metro bus collision that killed two people and injured six.
The crash at 9151 North Mason Avenue ignited four vehicles and two storage containers, but nearby buildings were not damaged.
Newly released footage shows violent shaking before a female voice asks, “You can’t pull up?”
- Who
- NBC4 reporter Eliana Eli Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and a pedestrian were killed in the helicopter crash.
- What
- A NewsChopper4 helicopter crashed while covering a traffic collision, killing three people.
- When
- The crash occurred shortly before 7 p.m. on Tuesday; the footage was released afterward.
- Where
- The helicopter crashed at 9151 North Mason Avenue in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, several blocks from the earlier collision at Nordhoff Street and De Soto Avenue.
- Why
- The helicopter was covering an earlier collision involving an SUV and a Metro bus.
- Helicopter operator
- NBC4 Los Angeles and Telemundo 52
- People killed in helicopter crash
- Three: reporter Eliana Eli Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and a pedestrian
- Earlier collision
- An SUV struck a Metro bus, killing two people and injuring six
- Crash location
- 9151 North Mason Avenue, Chatsworth, Los Angeles
- Fire damage
- Four parked vehicles and two storage containers were engulfed
- Fire response
- Fifty-six firefighters responded and brought the blaze under control
- Nearby buildings
- No nearby buildings were damaged