Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 1985

548 fatal cases in 1985, newest first. Every case.

94,304 NTSB cases since 1962, each on its own page in plain English with the NTSB's probable cause and narrative, linked to the aircraft's registry record and its model. So far in 2026: 1,198 cases, 215 of them fatal, 478 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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Cases newest first · 548

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1985-02-14	NYC85FA064	Beech G90 N2019U	St. Mary'S Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-12	ATL85FA097	Beech H18 N18AW	Cartersville Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-12	FTW85FA117	Piper PA-32RT-300 +1 more N39516	Healdton Oklahoma	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-11	DEN85FA075	Cessna 421C N6866K	Albuquerque New Mexico	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-10	CHI85FA104	Mooney M20C N2961L	Portsmouth Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-09	SEA85FA056	Gulfstream AC-680F N233W	Central Point Oregon	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	DEN85FA074	Beech BE-23-24 N5781V	Eureka Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	FTW85FA112	Cessna 402B N5780M	Altus Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	LAX85FA136	Hughes 369D N369LA	Hilo Hawaii	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-05	SEA85LA054	Cessna 182-F N3559Y	Ashland Oregon	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-04	DCA85AA012	Beech 65-A80 N50NP	Soldotna Alaska	9 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-03	MIA85FA089	Piper PA-23-250 N5103Y	Key Largo Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-02	NYC85FA059	Beech A100 N72BS	Cedarville New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-02	NYC85FA060	Piper PA-31-350 N27522	Whitefield New Hampshire	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-01	ANC85LA187	Cessna 210 N6554X	Sparrevohn Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	LAX85FA131	Piper PA-28-161 N8345Y	Woodside California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-31	ATL85FA085	Beech B-50 N3669B	Edgewood Kentucky	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-31	NYC85FA057	Cessna 414 N1994G	Sadsburyville Pennsylvania	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-30	FTW85FA104	Piper PA-34-220T N8204A	Victoria Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-27	LAX85FA123	Cessna 120 +1 more N9058Y	Irwindale California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-27	SEA85FA048	Piper PA-28-161 N4369F	Bickleton Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-27	SEA85FA049	Cessna 170A N3845V	Lopez Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-27	SEA85FA050	Cessna 175 N7277M	White City Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-26	DEN85FA069	Cessna 150F N6787F	Marvel Colorado	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-26	MKC85FA051	Cessna 152 N89782	Ashdown Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-26	SEA85FA051	Beech BE-35 N1560S	Verdi Nevada	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-25	ANC85FA040	Piper PA-12 N2399M	Wasilla Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-24	ATL85FA081	Cessna 182H N2431X	Letohatchee Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-22	LAX85FA119	Cessna A185F N24BC	Pine Valley California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-21	DCA85AA010	Lockheed 188C N5532	Reno Nevada	70 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-21	DEN85FA067	Bell 206 L-1 N40TE	Carson New Mexico	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-18	LAX85FA115	Bell 205A-1 N830V	Newhall California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-17	ATL85FA079	Cessna 340 N4124Q	Johnson City Tennessee	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-16	ANC85FA095	Cessna 207 N1618U	Port Alsworth Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	MIA85LAMS2	Cessna 337 N505CX	Atlantic Ocean Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-14	SEA85FA043	Piper PA-28-140D N679FL	Kent Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-11	MIA85FA077	Beech A36TC N3872D	Boca Raton Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-10	ANC85FA036	Bell 206BIII N59619	Kenai Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-09	DCA85AA009	Lockheed 188A N357Q	Kansas City Kansas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-08	FTW85FA094	Piper J3C-65 N1474N	Ferriday Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-07	ATL85FA077	Cessna R182 N4716R	Crossville Tennessee	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-07	LAX85FA100	Beech B-35 N8889A	Death Valley California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-04	BFO85FA011	Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 N275MA	West Point Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-04	NYC85FA052	Hughes 500D N1106M	Newark New Jersey	1 killed minor damage	Preliminary
1985-01-03	DEN85FTI01	Amateur-built 2 PLACE N13954	Manhattan Montana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-02	MKC85FA042	Cessna 150F N7138F	Pawnee City Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-01	DCA85RA007	Boeing 727-225 N819EA	La Paz Saint Barthélemy	29 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-01	DEN85FA055	Cessna 310N N5069Q	Edgewood New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary

About these pages

The records come from the NTSB's public aviation accident database, refreshed here every week. Each case has a permanent page at eflight.com/accidents/<case number>; the plain-English summary is built from the NTSB's coded fields, and the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. "Preliminary" means the investigation is still open; the final report usually follows within one to two years, and the page updates when it does. Pilots, passengers and other people involved are not named, the site's policy at this time. Where the aircraft is still on the U.S. register, the page links to its registry record; where the model has a page here, it links to that too.