# Three dead in helicopter collision near Oregon airport

> A Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter collided midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport on Thursday, killing all three people aboard.
- Title: Three dead in helicopter collision near Oregon airport
- Summary: A Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter collided midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport on Thursday, killing all three people aboard. Three people died…
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- Source: BBC News — https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cked3p81303yo
- Published: 2026-10-30T02:38:21.414+00:00
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- Topics: helicopter collision, mcminnville municipal airport, oregon, federal aviation administration, national transportation safety board, aviation accident, news, world
## Two helicopters collide near Oregon airport
A Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter collided midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport on Thursday afternoon. Both aircraft crashed in a field adjacent to a highway.
## Three people killed in the collision
The victims were Maddie Aasbo, a twenty-two-year-old flight instructor from Texas; Christopher James Joughin, a thirty-one-year-old student pilot from the United Kingdom; and Tyler Delane Sturdevant, thirty-eight, of Newberg, Oregon.
## Investigation underway, cause unclear
The FAA and NTSB are investigating. Witnesses reported the collision occurred about five hundred feet off the ground about a mile east of the airport. McMinnville Airport has no air traffic control tower.
## Key takeaway

Three people died when two helicopters collided midair near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon.