NTSB Will Not Investigate Amazon Drone Incident in Texas

While the FAA is probing the event, the NTSB says the ‘non-action event’ does not meet its threshold for one.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 01:36 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

The MK30, which began flying in Texas and Arizona last November, is Amazon Prime Air’s flagship delivery drone. [Courtesy: Amazon]

Key Takeaways:

Amazon Prime Air's MK30 delivery drone recently clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas, prompting an FAA investigation, though the NTSB deems it a "non-action event" and will not investigate.
This incident adds to a history of issues for Prime Air, including two drones colliding with a crane in October, causing significant damage and battery fires, and prior testing failures related to altitude sensors and collisions.
Despite these operational challenges and public pushback leading to service cessation in some areas, Amazon is aggressively expanding its drone delivery network to new locations with a goal of 500 million annual deliveries by 2030.

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The FAA is probing an incident involving Amazon Prime Air’s MK30 delivery drone in Waco, Texas. But the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)—which is reviewing a pair of MK30 collisions that happened in October—will not investigate.

Per video obtained by CNBC, which was first to report the incident, the MK30 clipped an internet cable during liftoff after completing a delivery to a customer’s backyard. After impact, the drone performed what Prime Air describes as a “safe contingent landing,” and Amazon self-reported the episode. The company began commercial service in Waco earlier this month.