A helicopter crashed into the ice on Ririe Reservoir in Bonneville County, Idaho, this week, killing a chief executive on board and injuring another person.

The helicopter crashed at around 4:45 p.m. Thursday, reported the Federal Aviation Administration. It had taken off from Idaho’s Rexburg-Madison County Airport a half hour before, according to FlightAware.

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office found the crashed aircraft at the scene, it said in a release. The reservoir has since been closed due to a downed power line and unstable ice caused in part by the wreck.

One person on board was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, BCSO said.

The CEO who died was ATL Technology’s Bradford Brown, 59, of Alpine, Utah, who the sheriff’s office believes was piloting the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter. He founded ATL, which makes and sells medical devices, in 1993. 

In a statement, the company wrote “our close-knit family at ATL is devastated by the tragic loss of our founder, and our hearts are broken for Brad’s family and friends. He was a visionary, passionate and dedicated to ATL, the life sciences industry and, above all, his family and community.”

Mr. Brown was also a board member of the BioUtah trade association. His biography on the association website mentions that he was also a private pilot with over 4,200 hours of experience flying helicopters and planes.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.