Horrifying pictures of Kobe Bryant's helicopter wreckage [PHOTOS]

An NTSB official inspecting the remains of a helicopter which crashed near Calabasa, California. [Courtesy]

Horrifying pictures of investigators picking through the Kobe Bryant helicopter wreckage highlights the full extent of the deadly impact of the crash.

Only a small section of the Sikorsky S-76 chopper appears intact, while fire scorched debris and mounds of ash are seen strewn in and around a crater in the California hillside where it came down on Sunday morning.