Investigators say a flight instructor has died and a student pilot was hospitalized following a North Texas helicopter crash.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the two-seat Hughes 269-C lost power and crashed Tuesday night in a field near Howe, about 50 miles north of Dallas.
DPS says 58-year-old Daniel Katen of Lewisville died Wednesday morning at a Sherman hospital.
Staff Sgt. Mark Tackett says the student pilot and helicopter owner, 44-year-old Matthew Cavender from Howe, was hospitalized in Dallas for treatment of back injuries.
Tackett says investigators are trying to determine what caused the chopper to crash while doing maneuvers.
