Pilot in Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant Violated Weather-Related Flight Rules in 2015, FAA Records Indicate

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Houston in Storrs, Conn., on March 2, 2019. Jessica Hill/AP Photo

Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in California, killing NBA legend Kobe Bryant, violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, according to Federal Aviation Administration enforcement records obtained by CNN.

Bryant, Zobayan and seven other people died when the helicopter crashed as it headed to a youth basketball game on a foggy morning on Jan. 26.