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
1985-10-04	MIA86LA003	Cessna 414 N24ET	Sarasota Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	ANC86LAG03	Piper PA-18A-150 N3992P	Homer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	ATL86FA002	Amateur-built AA-5 N9629U	Hurricane West Virginia	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	ATL86LLQ01	Cessna 172 N20273	London Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	CHI86LA003	Cessna 172F N8347U	Canton Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	DEN86FA002	Piper PA-18-150 N40359	Chamberlain South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	FTW86LA002	Cessna 152 N67803	Lake Charles Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	FTW86LA003	Cessna 182N N92755	Odessa Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	FTW86MA010	Beech V35 N8475H	Bridger Montana	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-03	MKC86LA001	Piper PA-28-140 N8047N	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	NYC86FA001	Mooney M20J N5750L	Robbinsville New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-02	CHI86FEX01	Piper PA-38-112 N3768U	Terre Haute Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-02	CHI86LA002	Cessna 172 N52142	Crivitz Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-02	LAX86LA001	Piper PA-32-300 N9AZ	Van Nuys California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-01	ATL86FA001	Cessna 172 N2765U	Chapel Hill North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-01	CHI86LA001	Cessna 152 N5331P	Ravenna Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-01	DEN86LA001	Champion 7GCAA N9614S	Cortez Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-01	FTW86MA001	Cessna 441 +1 more N400BG	Dallas Texas	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-01	SEA86LA001	Cessna 172P N53432	Winnemucca Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	ATL86LMG01	Cessna 310R N1771G	Rocky Mount North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	DEN85IA250 incident	Boeing 727-100 N721PC	Denver Colorado	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	LAX85LA404	Mooney M20K N231GW	Huntington Bch California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	MKC85LA224	Bellanca CITABRIA 7ECA N1008E	Council Bluffs Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	NYC85FHJ04	Cessna 172 N6525J	Montauk New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-30	SEA85LA231	Amateur-built U2 N58209	Prineville Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	ANC85LA185	Cessna 180A N5353D	Glennallen Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	ATL85MA286	Cessna 208 N551CC	Jenkinsburg Georgia	17 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	CHI85LA388	Cessna 152 N24278	Delta Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	CHI85LA389	Amateur-built XTC N5272M	Caledonia Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	FTW85LA359	Piper PA-28-R N7554J	Mount Vernon Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	FTW85LA360	Bell 206B N305AL	North Padre 967	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	NYC85LA250	Cessna 152 N6120M	Galway New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	NYC85LA251	Piper PA-28-180 N2335R	Pittstown New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	NYC85LA252	Beech C35 N1886D	Wexford Pennsylvania	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	NYC85LA254	Schweizer SGS 2-33A N33920	Preble New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-29	NYC85LA255	Cessna 152 N6135P	Dansville New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	SEA85FA228	Amateur-built TIERRA II UNREG	Post Falls Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-29	SEA85LA232	Taylorcraft BC12-D N95515	Lopez Island Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	ANC85LA186	Cessna A185F N9676H	Port Alsworth Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	ATL85FLT14	Cessna 150H N7086S	Lebanon Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	ATL85LA287	Hughes 269A N9308F	Winchester Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	CHI85LA387	Cessna 150 N3025S	Hastings Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	FTW85LA361	Cessna 182G N3414S	Maypearl Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	NYC85LA249	Grumman AA-5B N88SJ	Manchester Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-28	NYC85LA253	Cessna C-170A N5709C	Marathon New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-27	ATL85FA285	Beech A36 N136BS	Lafayette Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-27	ATL85FLQ01	Piper PA-28-181 N8450K	Bowling Green Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-27	DEN85LA249	Cessna TU206G N5322U	Evanston Wyoming	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-09-27	FTW85FA358	Cessna 177RG N2637V	Ennis Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-27	SEA85LA229	Cessna 185 N9644H	San Juan Island Washington	no injuries destroyed	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.