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(13 Sep 2017) ENGINE PROBLEMS CAUSED COPTER CRASH THAT KILLED TROY GENTRY
Engine problems caused a helicopter crash in New Jersey last week that killed country music performer Troy Gentry and the pilot, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday (13 SEPT. 2017) by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The pilot reported the aircraft was experiencing mechanical problems shortly after takeoff Friday. After discussing the issue with experts on the ground, the pilot chose to stop the engine and perform an autorotation _ which was a familiar procedure he had performed numerous times in the past _ that would glide the helicopter down to a runway at the Flying W Airport in Medford.
The plane, though, soon went down and crashed in a wooded area near the airport.
The 50-year-old Gentry was half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry. The crash occurred hours before they were due to perform at a resort housed at the airport, and the NTSB report said Gentry had taken the flight for pleasure before the show.
Members of the country duo's band including the other half of the duo, Eddie Montgomery, were at the airport when the crash occurred.
Gentry was born in Lexington, Kentucky, where he met Montgomery and they formed an act based off their surnames.
Montgomery Gentry had success on the country charts and country radio in the 2000s, scoring No. 1 hits with "Roll With Me," ''Back When I Knew It All," ''Lucky Man," ''Something to Be Proud Of" and "If You Ever Stop Loving Me." Some of the songs even cracked the Top 40 on the pop charts.
The band mixed country music with Southern rock. It was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009. It released its debut album, "Tattoos & Scars," in 1999.

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