The National Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller when it crashed into a tower, killing all four people on board.

A helicopter crashed into a radio tower Sunday night in east Houston, killing several people — including a child — as it caught fire and plunged to the ground, authorities said. Four people were reportedly on board the Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter,

The identities of all four victims killed in Sunday night’s helicopter crash in Houston’s East End have been released Thursday.

The National Transportation Safety Board released their preliminary report on the deadly helicopter crash that killed four people: a family of three and the pilot.

A National Transportation Safety Board report on an Oct. 20 helicopter crash details the moment that the aircraft hit a 1,000 foot tall radio tower in Houston’s East End, leaving four people dead.

The identities of the victims involved in the Houston helicopter crash were released by the Medical Examiner's Office.

A helicopter crash just east of downtown Houston led to “multiple fatalities" on Sunday night, according to officials.

The families of the three passengers who died in the Oct. 20 helicopter crash in Houston filed a lawsuit Friday against multiple parties connected to the incident. The suit is filed on behalf of three of the people who died in the crash: Julio Cesar Lerma,