Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents

18,517 fatal cases, 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 · 18,517

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1985-10-06	LAX86FA003	Gulfstream AA-5B N45293	Orinda California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-06	LAX86FA004	Cessna T210L N29158	Lebec California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-06	SEA86FA004	Champion 7GCAA N9623S	Oakley Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MKC86FA002	Rockwell 112A N1347J	Gravois Mills Missouri	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	NYC86FA002	Cessna C-377A N6524J	Breakabeen New York	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-04	BFO86FA002	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2106X	Gaithersburg Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-04	LAX86LA008	Piper PA-23-250 N6726Y	Santa Barbara California	2 killed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	ATL86FA002	Amateur-built AA-5 N9629U	Hurricane West Virginia	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	DEN86FA002	Piper PA-18-150 N40359	Chamberlain South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	FTW86MA010	Beech V35 N8475H	Bridger Montana	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	NYC86FA001	Mooney M20J N5750L	Robbinsville New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-01	ATL86FA001	Cessna 172 N2765U	Chapel Hill North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-01	FTW86MA001	Cessna 441 +1 more N400BG	Dallas Texas	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-30	SEA85LA231	Amateur-built U2 N58209	Prineville Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	ATL85MA286	Cessna 208 N551CC	Jenkinsburg Georgia	17 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	SEA85FA228	Amateur-built TIERRA II UNREG	Post Falls Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-27	ATL85FA285	Beech A36 N136BS	Lafayette Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-26	ANC85FA184	Amateur-built DHC-2 N5317G	Merrill Pass Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-26	LAX85FA402	Aerospatiale AS350D N4268V	Kula Hawaii	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	ATL85FA283	Beech D18S N25Q	Huntington West Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-23	ATL85FAMS2	Piper PA-28-140 N1785J	Gulfport Mississippi	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-23	DCA85AA037	Beech B99 N339HA	Grottoes Virginia	14 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	ATL85MA282	Gates Learjet 35A +1 more N873LP	Auburn Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	CHI85FA383	Cessna 150L N21903	Hillsboro Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	DEN85FA246	Cessna 172R N758UA	Santa Rosa New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	NYC85FA245	Bell 206B N32TV	Chalkhill Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	SEA85FA225	Cessna 177BII N35105	Lolo Pass Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-21	ATL85FA280	Cessna 172N N2858E	Halls Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	NYC85FA244	Beech V35B N5NG	Warwick Rhode Island	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-21	SEA85LA224	Cessna 172PII N51698	Brinnon Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-18	SEA85FA217	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N93848	Orchards Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	CHI85FA379	Gulfstream 500-S N8139P	Cloquet Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	FTW85LAMS2	Swearingen SA-226T N3RB	Missing	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	LAX85LA393	Pitts S-2A N13AS	Carlsbad California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	LAX85LA405	Piper J3 C-65 N6566H	Grand Canyon Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	ATL85FA276	Amateur-built S-1S N30BL	Paducah Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	CHI85FET03	Amateur-built BEDE BD-5B N23105	Elkhart Indiana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	DEN85FA241	Aerospatiale SA315B N3836E	Craig Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	FTW85FA346	Amateur-built S-1 N74LF	Mclean Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	NYC85FA241	Piper PA-28-140 N7188R	Hamburg New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	NYC85FAMS1	Cessna 172N N1423E	Block Island Rhode Island	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	ATL85MA275	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N680CC	Eva Alabama	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	FTW85LA348	Cessna A185F N333WL	Catahoula Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-12	DEN85FA240	Aero Commander 680FL N45724	Fort Collins Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	ATL85LA273	Cessna 404 N128SP	Hayesville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	MIA85FA251	Amateur-built D-9 N12HD	Okeechobee Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	MKC85FA213	Piper PA-28-180 N15970	Hoskins Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-10	FTW85LA344	Mooney M20J N4793H	Kraemer Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	MIA85LA249	Piper PA-28-160 N5488W	Key West Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	SEA85FA211	Bell 206B N14819	Emmett Idaho	1 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.