A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter crashed on Monday near Potrero, an area in the far southeastern reaches of San Diego County close to the U.S.-Mexico border, killing the pilot, according to CBP. The CBP Air and Marine Operations aircraft crashed during a border security mission north of state Route 94 and two miles south of Barrett Lake around 10 a.m., according to a CBP spokesperson. One CBP Air Interdiction Agent, who was the pilot and sole person aboard the aircraft, was killed in the crash, CBP said. Katz said the flight track shows the pilot flying erratically before crashing, but the track log doesn’t suggest anything was wrong with the helicopter itself. The Air and Marine Operations is a separate component of CBP, a spokesperson with the agency clarified to NBC 7.

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Persons: SkyRanger7, Robert Katz, Katz Organizations: U.S . Customs, Border Protection, CBP, CBP Air, Marine Operations, Air, NBC, Eurocopter, Air and Marine Operations, National Transportation Safety Locations: Potrero, San Diego County, U.S, Mexico, Barrett Lake, Sol Valley, Brown, Granite, Coronado