The NTSB is investigating a mid-air collision between two small aircraft in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
A helicopter and gyrocopter collided mid-air during an aviation convention at a Wisconsin airport on Saturday, officials said.
The Experimental Aircraft Association is currently holding EAA AirVenture, its annual convention and air show, at Wittman Regional Airport. EAA said the "mid-air accident" occurred at the south end of the EAA AirVenture flight line at the airport and that EAA, Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and Oshkosh Fire Department personnel responded to the scene.A rescue and recovery operation is also underway in the Oshkosh region after a small aircraft crashed into Lake Winnebago, authorities said.
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