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PHOENIX — A single-engine light helicopter made an emergency landing in a residential Mesa neighborhood early Saturday morning. The Bell 47 helicopter landed around 5:50 a.m. near Eighth Avenue ...

The Mesa Fire Department says around 5:50 a.m., a Bell 47 helicopter made the landing in a neighborhood near Center Street and Southern Avenue.

A Bell 47 helicopter reportedly suffered an “unknown in-flight mechanical problem” that forced it to land near 8th Avenue and Sirrine just before 6 a.m. on Oct. 1.