One of the defining characteristics of hot air balloon flight is limited steering capability. Unlike airplanes or helicopters, balloons do not have engines that provide forward thrust or control surfaces that allow for banking and turning. Instead, pilots rely almost...
Just before 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, a Navy pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83) at NAS Oceana ejected from an F/A-18E Super Hornet. The incident occurred during a routine training flight off the Virginia coast. Search-and-rescue...
On August 18, 2025, search crews in Lafayette County, Arkansas located wreckage from a downed aircraft roughly two miles south of Bradley, near Arkansas Highway 29. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a possible crash at about 9:30 p.m. A state...
Authorities say two people were hurt when a Robinson R44 went crashed on airport property in Burlington, Washington, at about 10:08 a.m. on Monday, August 18, 2025. Skagit Regional Airport officials reported both occupants (a pilot and one passenger) were transported...
A Cessna 172L Skyhawk (N2860Q) went down August 14, 2025 in open-field terrain near Southeast 120th Street and Burk Road in northern Cotton County, southeast of Lawton. Authorities confirmed the pilot was the sole occupant and died on impact, and the...
A flight instructor and student were hospitalized after their Cessna 172L Skyhawk (N7205Q) went down in a wooded area just west of Space Coast Regional Airport around 2:13 p.m. on August 15, 2025, according to Titusville officials. First responders from Titusville...
A small turboprop aircraft carrying four people crashed at Kalispell City Airport on the afternoon of August 11, 2025, after the pilot reportedly lost control during an attempted landing. The crash ignited multiple fires and damaged several parked aircraft on the...
Three individuals were hospitalized after a private aircraft deployed its emergency parachute system and crash-landed in Costilla County, Colorado. The incident occurred on the morning of August 7, 2025, when a Cirrus SR22 GTS G2 aircraft experienced a loss of engine...
Three people were hospitalized early Saturday morning after a small plane belonging to a flight school crashed into the front yard of a home in Brookhaven, Georgia. The crash, which occurred just after midnight, caused damage to utility lines but spared nearby...
On August 7, 2025, a small plane crashed in a field just north of Highway 64 between McCrory and Augusta, near the Cypress Creek Golf Course. According to Woodruff County officials, the passengers were an 80‑year‑old grandfather and his 30‑year‑old grandson. The...