energy state, and altitude," according to the report.

NTSB investigators found no evidence of mechanical failures or malfunctions in the helicopter.

Ellsworth, who was a pilot for American Airlines, was scheduled for a round-trip flight the day after the accident that "likely resulted in self-imposed pressure to complete the trip he was flying on the day of the accident so that he could return home and make his report time for his assigned trip on the following day," according to the report.

After the crash, police said the aircraft was attempting to escape from the weather and land at Mount Pocono Airport, but crashed just one mile from Mount Pocono, a sparsely populated town of slightly more than 2,000 people, located at a nearly 2,000-foot elevation in the mountains. The PoconoMountains are geologically the eastern ridge of the Allegheny Plateau, which reaches to Ohio and West Virginia in the west and the Adirondack and Catskill mountains in the east.

The wreckage was found in a heavily wooded area about 300 feet from Interstate 380 near Mount Pocono, according to the report.

Sullivan, 51, was returning from a golf outing and heading toward the metro New York area, according to the report. Police said Sullivan was the front-seat passenger of the helicopter.

He was married to Callie, a former selectman and current Board of Education member, for 24 years.

He was a co-founder, managing partner and chief operating officer of WCAS Fraser Sullivan Investment Management LLC, based in New York City and Darien, according to his profile on the company website.

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