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
1985-10-14	ANC86LA003	Cessna 207A N9570M	Nelson Island Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	ATL86LA006	Schweizer 269C N7503Q	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	CHI86LA010	Beech K35 N6060E	New Lisbon Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-14	CHI86LA011	Maule M-4C N9845M	Blue Earth Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	DEN86LA010	Raven S60A N4395C	Albuquerque New Mexico	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	FTW86FA011	Cessna 180 N2368C	Cisco Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-14	FTW86LA012	Piper PA-28-161 N84691	Killeen Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	LAX86LA015	Piper PA-28R-201T N47340	Concord California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-14	NYC86LA008	Waco UPF-7 N39714	Norwood Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-13	CHI86LA009	Piper PA-28R-200 N9422N	Troy Michigan	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-13	DEN86LA011	Cessna 182P CGSPF	Kalispell Montana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-13	LAX86FA012	Ken Brock Mfg. CO KB-2 N199CR	Tracy California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-13	LAX86FA014	Boeing A75N1 N46871	Schellville California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-13	LAX86LA013	Cessna 172M N64142	Vacaville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-13	SEA86LA008	Piper PA-31-350 N35533	Panaca Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-13	SEA86LA009	Mooney 231 N1162Z	Ione Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-12	ANC86LA002	Artic Aircraft Corp. S-1B2 N53AT	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	BFO86LA003	Cessna 152 N49396	Stevensville Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	FTW86LA022	Cessna 152 N49958	Houston Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	LAX86LA011	Beech B19 N1983W	Ruth California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	MIA86LA010	Cessna 152 N4802B	West Palm Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	MIA86LA011	Beech 65A-80 N8000R	Ochopee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	MKC86LA006	Beech A36 N72060	Chesterfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	MKC86LA009	Cessna 140A N5382C	Pacific Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	NYC86DNC01	Burkhart Grob 103 N4944G	Franconia New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	NYC86FA006	Amateur-built DHC-6 N3257	Homer City Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-12	NYC86LA009	Maule MX 7-235 N5661N	Westerly Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	NYC86LA010	Mooney M20C N73SD	Ocean City New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	SEA86LA011	Cessna 172 N5790J	Lebanon Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-12	SEA86LA012	Cessna 152 N24977	Ontario Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-11	CHI86LA012	Cessna 421C N59EP	Wooster Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-11	DEN86FA008	Cessna 175A N6959E	Jal New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-11	DEN86FA009	Cessna 180 N1611C	Eagle Colorado	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-11	FTW86LA009	Cessna A185E N21RH	Intracoastalcty Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-11	FTW86LA013	Piper PA-28 N5341W	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-11	MKC86FA008	Piper PA-24 N9758K	Salina Kansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-11	NYC86LA005	Beech BE-99 N336PL	Albany New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-11	NYC86LA007	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-D N3191H	Sterling Massachusetts	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-10	ATL86LA004	Cessna 305A(0-1A) N9623Q	Marietta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-10	ATL86LA005	Hughes 269C N7451F	Chapman Alabama	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-10	CHI86FA007	Gulfstream 690A N254PW	Cadillac Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-10	DEN86LA007	Bell BH 206BII N1959G	Kremmling Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-10	FTW86FA008	Piper PA-28-180 N711OW	Pecos Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-10	FTW86LA014	Piper J3C-65 N87769	Rosharon Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-10	NYC86FA030	Cessna C-182N N9005G	Winterport Maine	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-09	ATL86FA003	Cessna C-172M N9854Q	Luxora Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-09	ATL86LLT01	Cessna 150 N714BZ	Livingston Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-09	DEN86LA005	Beech 35 N3339V	Fillmore Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-09	SEA86FA007	Cessna 172 M N1585V	Callville Bay Nevada	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-08	ANC86LA013	Piper PA-18 N9960Q	Port Heiden Alaska	no 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.