A preliminary report was released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board about the helicopter crash that killed a local television news station's pilot and its meteorologist.Read the report here.WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers and Sky3 pilot Chip Tayag were killed in the Nov. 22 crash that happened just minutes before noon in Charlotte, North Carolina, the report said. "The purpose of the flight was to provide training for the staff meteorologist over a simulated news scene," the report said.According to the report, the Robinson Helicopter R44 departed the WBTV heliport at 11:50 a.m. and headed south for about 5 minutes until it was over Interstate 77.Video below is from the day of the crash.Visibility at the time of the crash was 10 miles, the report said.The pilot then made three left 360-degree turns, rapidly descending on the last turn, and hitting the ground in a grassy area next to the southbound lanes of I-77, the report said.Video below is from a police news conference held on the day of the crash.The pilot was in contact with the air traffic control tower at Charlotte Douglas International airport at the time, but the communication recording did not reveal any distress calls, the report said.The report said the chopper came to rest about 20 feet from the point of initial impact and did not catch on fire.Investigators found parts of the landing gear within the initial impact crater, but all "primary structural components and rotor blades" were found within the main wreckage.