A Flight and a Crash

{{Infobox album|

| name = A Flight and a Crash

| type = Album

| artist = Hot Water Music

| cover = Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{startdate|2001|06|05}}

| recorded = Salad Days, Beltsville, Maryland in December 2000 & January 2001

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, post-hardcore

| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=17}}

| label = Epitaph{{Cite web|url=http://epitaph.com/artists/hot-water-music/release/a-flight-and-a-crash|title=Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash|first=Epitaph|last=Records|via=epitaph.com}}

| producer = Brian McTernan

| prev_title = No Division

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Alkaline Trio/ Hot Water Music

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-flight-and-a-crash-mw0000588069|title=A Flight and a Crash - Hot Water Music | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2=NME

|rev2score={{rating|4|5}}[https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5143-332158 nme]

}}

A Flight and a Crash is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Hot Water Music, released on June 5, 2001 by Epitaph Records.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wYZDQAAQBAJ&q=A+Flight+and+a+Crash+hot+water+music+2001&pg=PA146|title=Gainesville Punk: A History of Bands & Music|first=Matt|last=Walker|date=March 28, 2016|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781626197671|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hot_water_music-flight_crash|title=Hot Water Music A Flight And A Crash|website=exclaim.ca}} It is Hot Water Music's first release on Epitaph.The album peaked at 49 on Billboard's Top Independent Album chart.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74977/caution-hot-water-music-heats-up billboard]