HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided new details of the fatal crash in Newport Beach last month that killed Huntington Beach Police Department Officer Nicholas Vella. The initial report issued Wednesday detailed how Villa and the pilot were on a routine patrol over Newport Beach about 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 when they responded to a dispatch of a fight. The two flew over the area of the scrum and turned on an infrared camera. Vella spotted the group fighting “and the pilot began to maneuver the helicopter in a tighter right orbit while [Vella] relayed his observations over the police radio channel,” according to the NTSB report. Officers on the ground arrived as the helicopter continued orbiting about 500 feet above, according to the NTSB. “The pilot stated that he watched as ground patrol officers got out of their car and approached the group, who by …