Three people died Thursday when two helicopters collided in midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon, local officials and federal investigators said^1,2,3.

KGW reported Friday that the dead were Tyler Delane Sturdevant, 38, of Newberg; flight instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas; and student pilot Christopher James Joughin, 31, from the United Kingdom¹.

An NTSB investigator said next-of-kin for Joughin were reached in Zimbabwe with help from other agencies¹.

The collision involved a 1995 Robinson R22 on an instructional flight and a 2018 Airbus H125 on a post-maintenance check flight, investigators said^1,3.

Aasbo and Joughin were aboard the Robinson; Sturdevant was the sole occupant of the Airbus^1,2.

Witnesses reported the aircraft were about 500 feet off the ground before they came down in a farm field along Highway 233, about 100 yards apart, KGW reported¹.

The crash was reported before 2:15 p.m. Thursday near Highway 233 southeast of McMinnville^1,3.

NTSB investigator Grant Mills said the airport has no air traffic control tower and that pilots typically coordinate on a shared radio channel¹.

Mills said the Airbus had equipment similar to a flight recorder and that investigators were still assessing what could be recovered from the Robinson¹.

Cause, weather and intended routes were not yet determined^1,2.

Highway 233 remained closed Friday while crews documented the scene and prepared to remove the wreckage¹.