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
1985-10-08	ANC86LAG02	Maule M5-235C N6198M	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-08	CHI86FEX02	Amateur-built MIDGET MUSTANG N7C	Evansville Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-08	LAX86FA007	Piper PA-28-151 N44207	Payson Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-08	LAX86LA010	Piper PA-32-260 N3643W	Paradise California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	CHI86FA006	Cessna P210N N3890P	Grayslake Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	FTW86FA007	Bell 206L-1 N515EH	Tomball Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	FTW86LA006	Fairchild F-27 N4302F	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	MIA86LA008	Piper PA-31-310 N9135Y	Opa Locka Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	MKC86LA005	Cessna 172N N1587E	Salina Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	NYC86LA004	Cessna 140 N77110	Newport New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-07	SEA86LA003	Cessna 150 N50120	Burton Lake Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	ATL86FKG02	Cessna 152 N49446	Pell City Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	ATL86FKG04	Mooney M20J N4287H	Americus Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-06	CHI86LA005	Amateur-built PITTS +1 more N14JK	Hartford Wisconsin	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	CHI86LA008	Piper PA-28-180 N55785	Lake Geneva Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	DEN86LA003	Grumman AA-5A N26207	Sawyer North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	DEN86LA004	Cessna 177RG N2578V	Aspen Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	DEN86LA006	Skypower GBN-41-100 N59SP	Pecos New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	LAX86FA002	Piper PA-38-112 N24126	Paradise California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
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	LAX86LA006	Amateur-built QUICKIE II N23RL	Porterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	LAX86LA009	Cessna 182N N92259	Palm Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	MIA86LA005	Cessna 172 N7602D	St.Petersburg Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	MIA86LA007	Cessna C-182P N21328	Lake City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	NYC86LA003	Cessna C206 N9861Z	West Dover Vermont	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-06	SEA86FA004	Champion 7GCAA N9623S	Oakley Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-06	SEA86LA005	Cessna 172 N7798X	Medford Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-05	ANC86LA001	Champion CITABRIA 7GCBC N90921	Ptarmigan Pass Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	ATL86FKG01	Piper PA-32-300 N8831F	Perry Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-05	DEN86FTE01	Amateur-built FOCKE-WULF 190 N190FK	Falcon Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	FTW86LA005	Beech K35 N35JW	El Paso Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	LAX86LA005	Amateur-built II N7919	Blythe California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MIA86LA004	Bell 206L N60C	Islamorada Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MIA86LA006	North American NAVION N4007K	Tallahassee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MKC86FA002	Rockwell 112A N1347J	Gravois Mills Missouri	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MKC86LA003	Cessna 172 N4016F	Guilford Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MKC86LA004	Amateur-built Q2 N14VV	Willard Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	MKC86LA007	Bellanca 7GCBC N31272	Dumas Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-05	NYC86FA002	Cessna C-377A N6524J	Breakabeen New York	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-05	SEA86LA002	Cessna 150 N5584E	Fall City Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-05	SEA86LA006	Cessna 172 N2867Q	Emmett Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-04	ANC86LAG01	Cessna 140 N2181N	Beluga Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-04	BFO86FA002	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2106X	Gaithersburg Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-04	BFO86LA001	Cessna 172N N4691G	Annapolis Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-04	CHI86FEM01	Amateur-built SONERAI II N47GL	Traverse City Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-04	CHI86LA004	Piper PA-30 N505PC	Troy Michigan	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-04	LAX86LA008	Piper PA-23-250 N6726Y	Santa Barbara California	2 killed	Preliminary
1985-10-04	MIA86IA001 incident	Piper PA-32-300 N8614N	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-04	MIA86LA002	Piper PA-36-375 N2443X	Pahokee Florida	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.