Overview
- Crews responded shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday to a canal access road near Greenfield and McKellips roads, southwest of Falcon Field Airport.
- Mesa police said the aircraft tried to set down on the canal path after reporting mechanical issues.
- The plane hit a residential block wall during the landing, damaging the wall and nearby pool equipment.
- Both occupants exited the aircraft and walked to safety, with no injuries reported on the ground and no evacuations ordered.
- City of Mesa Utilities joined fire and police because the damaged pool equipment included a gas line, and the incident remains under investigation.