Erik Gates, 47, who was known on the hit t.v. show called Mythbusters died. He was walking on the roof of the Xirrus Inc Building at 2101 Corporate Center Drive in Newburry Park with his friend when the accident happened. Erik fall off the building and dropped 30 feet. He died of blunt force injuries to the chest.

The fall occurred around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Gates was alive and talking at the scene, according to Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio. Gates was taken to Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center.

He owned Gateco Electric and he appeared on four episodes of "MythBusters" as the shows Amateur Rocket Expert.

Erik was the former director of the Rocketry Organization of California. Currently he was serving as director on the board of the Tripoli Rocketry Association. Xirrus’ CFO commented on the tragedy: