Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985

3,055 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 · 3,055

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1985-12-31	CHI86LA055	Cessna 170A N3828V	Grygla Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-31	DCA86AA012	Douglas DC-3 N711Y	Dekalb Texas	7 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-31	DEN86LA058	Cessna 140A N5330C	Columbus New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-31	MKC86LA042	Cessna 150 N4649X	Carlisle Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	ATL86IA051 incident	Airbus Industrie A-300 B4-203 N231	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	CHI86FEI01	Amateur-built MONI N685TC	Perry Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	CHI86LA059	Cessna 180J N180HS	Hibbing Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	DEN86FA232	Cessna T210L N27CF	Salina Utah	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-30	FTW86FA028	Beech B33 N8948M	Arlington Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-30	MIA86LA051	Cessna T210L N5302V	Madison Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	MKC86LA039	Cessna 182RG N9199C	Wentzville Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	MKC86LA040	Beech C23 N67248	Dubuque Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-30	SEA86FA033	Mooney M20K N1152T	Des Moines Washington	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-30	SEA86FA034	Stinson 108 N40199	Hoquiam Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	BFO86FA011	Piper PA-28-140 N41204	Westminster Maryland	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	CHI86LA054	Beech G18S N100VE	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-29	DEN86FA056	Cessna T210L N2082S	West Valley Utah	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	DEN86LA057	Cessna 172P N96321	Broomfield Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	FTW86LA029	Piper PA-31-325 N27842	Junction Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	LAX86FA077	Cessna T210N N4592Y	Hyder Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-29	MIA86LA049	Beech B-35-P N1544Z	Lake Wales Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-29	NYC86LA056	Piper PA-28-140 N9949W	Frankfort New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	CHI86LA053	Cessna 150 N8687S	Glidden Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	DEN86LA055	Cessna 172RG N4849V	Las Vegas New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	FTW86FA027	Cessna 172B +1 more N6876X	Caddo Mills Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-28	LAX86LA076	Mooney M20F N234GA	San Manuel Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	MIA86LA050	Piper PA-28-161 N8408F	Leesburg Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	MIA86MA048 incident	Boeing 727-232 N519DA	Fort Lauderdale Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	NYC86LA054	Cessna 150K N5915J	Marlboro New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-28	NYC86LA055	Piper PA-24 N7571P	Ellington Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-27	ANC86LA021	Cessna 180 N3186D	Homer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-27	MKC86LA041	Beech M35 N9730R	Council Bluffs Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-27	SEA86LA031	Cessna 402B N4624N	Spokane Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-26	ATL86LA048	Cessna 172 N7300A	Kings Mountain North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-26	FTW86FRG10	Mooney M20C N7025V	San Antonio Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-26	FTW86LPJ04	Cessna 150F N8535G	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-26	LAX86LA075	Piper PA-34T-22OT XBDRL	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-26	NYC86LA053	Piper PA-28-235 N9409W	Mttituck New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-25	DEN86FA054	Bell 206-L3 N10UB	Monument Valley Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-24	LAX86MA074	Beech 95-A55 N1494G	Concord California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-23	ANC86FA020	Cessna 182 N5009D	Lake Clark Pass Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-23	DEN86LA052	Amateur-built AA-1A YANKEE N9201L	Cloudcroft New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-23	FTW86FRG09	Robinson R22 HT N9074U	Sonora Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-22	ANC86LA019	Bellanca 7GCAA N9533S	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-22	ATL86LA047	Cessna 177RG N1603H	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-22	BFO86LA010	Cessna 152 N6147Q	Stevensville Maryland	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-22	CHI86MA052	Cessna 177B N34046	Brooklyn Michigan	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-22	DEN86LA053	Cessna 172A N7451T	Anthony New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-22	DEN86LTM01	Cessna 172 N64005	Brigham City Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-22	LAX86LA073	Cessna 150M N714GG	Santa Paula California	serious injuries 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.