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
1985-03-04	MIA85FA112	Piper PA-23-250 N100DT	Jacksonvile Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-03	FTW85FA131	Piper PA-34-220T N8160K	Stigler Oklahoma	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-03	LAX85FA163	Cessna 152 N103ES	Modesto California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-03	MKC85FA066	Piper PA-23 N1241P	Cedar Rapids Iowa	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-02	SEA85FA067	Cessna 175 N9386B	Bancroft Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-01	ATL85FA106	Cessna 152 N757FP	Warsaw North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-01	MIA85LA110	Rockwell 680E N709G	Key West Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	DEN85FA088	Bellanca 7GCAA N6328N	Cornville Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	LAX85FA159	Mooney M-20-E N9325M	Oceanside California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	LAX85FA160	Beech 76 N6705T	Shafter California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	MIA85FA106	Amateur-built AA-5 N9228L	Horseshoe Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-26	LAX85FA156	Cessna 152 N714WJ	Newport Beach California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-26	MIA85FA105	Cessna 210 N6803B	Jacksonville Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-26	MKC85FA062	Piper PA-31P N404RS	Sunset Hills Missouri	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	CHI85FA120	Piper PA-31T N100RN	Utica Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	CHI85FA121	Mooney M20K N231GX	Coldwater Ohio	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85FA101	Mooney M20D N5588Q	Punta Gorda Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85FA102	Globe SWIFT GC-1B N1ZF	Rockledge Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-22	ATL85FMG01	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N5275U	Morrisville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	DEN85FA084	Taylorcraft BC-65 N26580	Chinook Montana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	LAX85FA150	Amateur-built ARESTIA GANADOR N2JM	Marana Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-20	MKC85FA059	Piper PA-23-250 N104JK	Hot Springs Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-20	MKC85FA060	Piper PA-34-200T N8658E	Mena Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-19	ATL85FA101	Cessna 182R N2370E	Burkes Garden Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	ANC85FA047	Piper PA-31 N63719	Port Heiden Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	MIA85FA097	Piper PA-23 N3163P	Everglades City Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
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

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.