Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, NTSB says By Pete Muntean and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Published Feb 10, 2021 12:40:55 AM enablePagination: false endIndex: (CNN) -- Basketball legend Kobe Bryant's helicopter pilot pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, and ultimately abandoned his training as he became disoriented in the clouds and crashed into a Southern California hillside last year, investigators said Tuesday. The comments were made during a National Transportation Safety Board meeting that is to settle on an official cause of the January 26, 2020, crash that killed Bryant, his daughter, the pilot, and six others.