Amazon Drone Suffers Another Crash in Texas

Incident follows a previous accident in the state in November and two collisions in Arizona in October.

Jack Daleo

Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:24 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Amazon Prime Air’s MK30 drone crashed into an apartment building in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas, a few months after another drone struck a cable in nearby Waco. [Credit: Amazon Prime Air]

Key Takeaways:

An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone crashed into an apartment building in Texas, marking at least the second MK30 incident in the state in three months and adding to a pattern of malfunctions.
The drone, which had recently launched service in the area, exhibited smoke and sparks but caused minimal building damage and no reported fire; Amazon is investigating the incident.
These recurring drone incidents, including previous crashes into obstacles, are being cited by groups like AOPA as evidence against the FAA's proposed Part 108 rule, which aims to expand commercial drone operations using detect-and-avoid systems.

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An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone crashed into an apartment building in Texas earlier this week, marking the second MK30-related incident in the state in the past three months.

Cessy Johnson, a local resident who shared video of the Wednesday incident with KDFW-TV, told the Dallas-Fort Worth Fox affiliate that she began filming the drone because she had never seen one in action.