The National Transportation Safety Board investigators has release a preliminary report on Sunday's fatal helicopter crash on a ranch near Post.
The owner of the two-seat aircraft, 66-year-old Paul Beach, died at the scene.
The other man on board, 53-year-old Stephen Chenoweth, of The Colony, is hospitalized in critical condition.
According to the report, the helicopter was for sale and the men were going on a test flight.
The helicopter reportedly "performed a rolling style take off and had only reached a few feet in elevation before it 'twisted' and pitched slightly downward. The skids scraped the ground as it continued forward. Witnesses say the helicopter 'pitched sharply over as if the skids had hit an obstacle. The helicopter hit the ground nose-first, and rolled over."
The NTSB report states there were two sets of controls, and it is unknown who was piloting the copter.
