On August 31, 2025, around 7 p.m., a boat carrying five people struck a dock on Eagle Mountain Lake near Azle, Texas. According to the Tarrant Regional Water District, two children were transported to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth with serious injuries,...
On August 31, 2025, a Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II (N1147X) crashed in the Albion Basin area of Little Cottonwood Canyon near Alta, Utah, at about 5:21 p.m. According to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, one person died at the scene and another was flown in...
On August 31, 2025, two small aircraft collided while attempting to land near Fort Morgan, Colorado, at about 10:44 a.m. According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, a Cessna 172 on final approach was struck midair by an Extra EA-300. Both aircraft crashed and...
On August 31, 2025, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed in the 3000 block of Fearless Treadway near Round Mountain and Hamilton Pool Road in Hays County, Texas, at around 9:28 p.m. According to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, three people were on board and only...
On August 31, 2025, in West Grand Traverse Bay (West Bay) near Traverse City, Michigan, a 26-foot boat was reportedly struck by a pontoon traveling north without navigation lights at about 1:22 a.m. According to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office, the pontoon...
A weekend outing on Flagstaff Lake ended in tragedy on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at about 1:30 p.m. near the Cathedral Pines Campground beach in Eustis, Maine. According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, seven people were aboard an 18-foot...
Hard landings are among the most common types of hot air balloon accidents. While ballooning is often promoted as gentle and serene, the landing phase is one of the most unpredictable parts of the flight. Sudden wind shifts, higher-than-expected descent rates, and...
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says a collision between a jet ski with two aboard and a 28-foot vessel with four aboard occurred Saturday in the channel of Pine Island Sound near Captiva Pass. One person from the personal watercraft was...
On August 30, 2025, around 1:17 p.m., multiple agencies responded to a yacht fire at the mouth of the St. Mary’s River where it meets the Potomac near Piney Point, Maryland. Dispatchers received several 911 calls reporting two people in the water and a 40-foot Viking...
On August 30, 2025, in Smith County, Texas, westbound I-20 near Jim Hogg Road was shut down after a major crash involving two 18-wheelers and six passenger vehicles. Officials said one westbound lane later reopened, but closures extended to the Highway 69 interchange...