Victims of fatal Boynton Beach helicopter crash identified by police

The Boynton Beach Police Department has identified the two people killed when a helicopter crashed into a warehouse on Monday afternoon.

"We're going to be landing out here in one of the fields. We got something going on with the helicopter," a voice on the radio said. 

Those victims were identified as Alejandro Carrasco, 28, of West Palm Beach, and Bryan Menna, 52, of Michigan.

According to information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday morning, the Robinson R44 helicopter crashed around 12:30 p.m., killing the two people on board. 

FAA records also show the chopper involved is registered to Palm Beach Helicopters at Lantana Airport, a flight school. Police said Carrasco was the flight instructor.

"I was leaving work for lunch. I stopped at the stop sign down there. In the corner of my eye, I saw a helicopter coming straight down, like it was coming to the end of a barrel roll," said witness Rhett Savidge.

Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the crash, with the FAA saying that the NTSB would take the lead on the investigation.  

They look primarily at 3 areas: the pilot, the aircraft, and the operating environment. Investigators will also gather radio recordings, radar data, and weather reports, and do a 72-hour look back on the pilot to see if anything could have affected their ability to safely fly the plane. 

A preliminary report should be available in about a month.