A Training Air Wing FIVE Navy helicopter had a training mishap Friday night at Naval Air Station Whiting Field's Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 off Nine Mile Road in Pensacola.

Reports indicate that the helicopter rolled on its right side while landing and the two officers, one instructor pilot and one student, exited the helicopter on their own accord. The pilots were evaluated by NAS Whiting Field EMS personnel and were taken to a local hospital for a routine evaluation.

Emergency first responders from the Navy and Escambia County EMS departed about an hour after the incident, which happened about 6:45 p.m.

The accident occurred in a field near Navy Federal's local headquarters building near the intersection of Nine Mile Road and Belle Ridge Drive.

The incident is still being investigated.

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