Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1986

2,831 cases in 1986, 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 · 2,831

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1986-10-08	DEN87LA004	Piper PA-32R-301T N8125H	Grafton North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-08	SEA87LA006	Piper PA-18-150 N6191D	Petersburg Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	LAX87LA010	Piper PA-32R-301T N8159C	Rancho California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	LAX87LA012	Robinson R-22 N2270C	Dolan Springs Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	MIA87FA004	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N338NA	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	MIA87LA005	Piper PA-28-200 N5056S	Lakeland Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	NYC87LA013	Cessna 150 N50832	So. Dayton New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-07	SEA87LA005	Hughes 269A N986GC	Forest Grove Oregon	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-06	DEN87LA001	Cessna 177RG N33215	Glenwood Spring Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-06	FTW87DRD01	Cessna A188B N53137	Gilbert Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-06	LAX87LA011	Bellanca 7KCAB N8727V	Yuma Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-06	MKC87LA001	Aeronca 7AC N84911	Tribune Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-06	MKC87LA005	Amateur-built MONNETT SONERAI II N44KC	Arab Missouri	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	ANC87LA001	Piper PA-22 N7427D	North Pole Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	ATL87FA001	Piper J3-65C +1 more N70414	Goldsboro North Carolina	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	CHI87DEE01	Cessna 182E N3205Y	Plainfield Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	CHI87LA001	Cessna 152 N5488B	West Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	FTW87LA002	Robinson R22 N90455	Minden Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	FTW87LA003	Mooney M20F N22KK	Kerrville Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	MIA87FA003	Amateur-built STAR-LITE N124PK	Raymond Mississippi	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	MKC87FA002	Cessna 150 N22943	Fort Scott Kansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	MKC87LA003	Cessna 150J N6578S	Peculiar Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	MKC87LA004	Piper PA-24-250 N5980P	Seward Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	NYC87DHJ01	Cessna 150M N66256	Farmingdale New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-05	NYC87LA009	Eiriavion Oy PIK-20E N12ZC	Erwinna Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-05	SEA87IA003 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1843U	Seattle Washington	minor damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	BFO87DID01	Piper PA-28RT-201 N3005V	Lynchburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	DCA87AA002	Lockheed 382G N15ST	Kelly Afb Texas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-04	DEN87DTE01	Cassutt SPORT RACER N913M	Brighton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	LAX87DVG01	Amateur-built RV-4 N63SM	Lincoln California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	LAX87LA004	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q2 N22SD	Goleta California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	LAX87LA005	Waco YKS-7 N50RA	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	LAX87LA006	Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN II N914G	Calistoga California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	LAX87LA007	Cessna 180 N1750C	Lucerne Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	SEA87IA004 incident	Cessna 402C N2651Y	Everett Washington	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-10-04	SEA87LA002	Cessna 172N N734EP	Roseburg Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-03	BFO87LA002	Beech D-45 (T-34B) N662	Patuxent River Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-03	LAX87LA002	Piper PA-30 N12BX	Holbrook Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-03	LAX87LA003	Cessna 152 N24285	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-03	LAX87LA008	Cessna 172N N6366D	Hayward California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-03	NYC87FA006	Piper PA-28-140 N38688	Holyoke Massachusetts	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-03	NYC87LA005	Cessna C-150 N704PY	Plymouth Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	BFO87LA001	Piper PA-22-150 N6003D	Hillsville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	FTW87LA001	Piper PA-30 N7533Y	Sulpher Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	LAX87LA001	Bellanca 7ECA N4178Y	Palo Alto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	MIA87FA002	Piper PA-60-600 N217HM	Tallahassee Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-02	NYC87LA003	Cessna 150 N94457	Buxton Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	NYC87LA004	Beech BE-58P N258W	Derry Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-02	SEA87LA008	Cessna 172N N4693J	Madras Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-01	ANC86LA167	Amateur-built DHC-2 N5354G	Fognak Island 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.