Two people were seriously injured on September 20, 2026, after a single-engine airplane crashed southwest of Junction in Kimble County, Texas. According to the Kimble County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a call around 11:16 p.m. from an occupant of the...
Two people were injured on September 19, 2026, after a Cirrus SR20 G6 experienced engine problems and came down under its emergency parachute system near Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina. According to the Federal Aviation Administration and North Carolina...
A glider pilot was killed on September 18, 2026, after two gliders collided in mid-air near Plateau Sky Ranch Airport in Edinburg, New York. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a Schleicher ASW-24, N94CG, and a Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2b, N61XC, collided...
A pilot was killed on September 17, 2026, after a Weatherly 620B crop-dusting aircraft crashed near Red Top Road in the Lynchburg area of Lee County, South Carolina. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the crash occurred around 8:15 a.m. and involved a...
Helicopters operate under intense mechanical stress. Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters rely on rapidly rotating systems, constant vibration, complex transmissions, rotor blades, tail rotor assemblies, drive shafts, bearings, linkages, hydraulics, and...
Unmarked towers can create deadly hazards for pilots operating at low altitude. Meteorological evaluation towers, GPS towers, telecommunications towers, and similar structures may be difficult to see from the air, especially when they are narrow, unlighted, placed in...
Two people suffered minor injuries on September 16, 2026, after a Cessna 172 crashed shortly after takeoff near Lee Bottom Airfield in southern Indiana. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 7:00 p.m. to the area of River Bottom...
A NetJets Cessna 680A Citation Latitude made an emergency landing on September 16, 2026, at Missoula Montana Airport in Missoula, Montana, after experiencing a landing gear malfunction. Available information indicates the aircraft departed from Billings-Logan...
Two people were killed on September 15, 2026, after a Cessna 185 crashed while departing a moose camp near Aniak, Alaska. According to Alaska State Troopers, a report came in around 12:20 p.m. that the aircraft had gone down near the middle Kuskokwim River community...
Three people were killed on September 15, 2026, after a Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopter crashed during a local news-gathering flight in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. According to available information, the helicopter had departed from Los Angeles-Whiteman...