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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Authorities are investigating after a helicopter was damaged during a hard landing in a desert area of north Phoenix Thursday morning.
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Just before 10 a.m., first responders were called to reports of an aircraft down near Sonoran Desert Drive and Cave Creek Road. Crews arrived to find a helicopter upright, but missing its main and tail rotors.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller says two pilots were not hurt and described the incident as a hard landing.
Online records show the helicopter is a Bell OH-58A registered to Dillon Flight Test Inc in Scottsdale.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says a preliminary report should be available by Friday. Other details were not immediately available.
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