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
1986-10-01	LAX86LA358	Bellanca 8GCBC N87020	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-01	MIA87LA001	Cessna T310R N29HH	Titusville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-01	NYC87FA002	Cessna 152 N48925	Lumberton New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-01	NYC87LA001	Piper PA-28RT-201 N8320A	Caldwell New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-01	SEA87LA001	Cessna 185-F II N4631E	Juneau Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-30	DEN86LA262	Beech 60 N3694D	Boulder Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-30	FTW86LA173	Piper PA-22-160 N3050Z	Abbeville Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-30	FTW86LA174	Beech TC-45J N706M	Laredo Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-30	LAX86FUG06	Cessna 188 N70240	Thermal California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-30	LAX86LA359	Cameron 0-77 N2948G	Tiburon California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-29	ATL86LA267	Air Tractor AT-301 N44245	Town Creek Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-29	BFO86FA050	Mooney M20F N6443Q	Leesburg Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-29	CHI86FA233	Beech E18S N101VE	Chicago Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-29	CHI86LA234	Beech BE-95-55 N562T	Shelbyville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-29	LAX86DVA17	Hiller UH-12E N5385V	Visalia California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-29	MKC86FA197	Rockwell NA-265-80 N64	Liberal Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-29	MKC86LA200	Cessna 182A N6175B	Lexington Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-29	NYC86LA244	Ryan NAVION N5244K	Beaver Falls Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-28	BFO86FA049	Piper PA-31-350 N59942	Elkwood Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-28	DEN86LA261	Piper PA-28R-201 N3482M	Englewood Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-28	DEN86LA263	Barnes AX-7 N2346H	Durango Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-28	FTW86LA172	Cessna 150F N3578L	Sulphur Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-28	LAX86DVM07	Amateur-built KR-2 N50WB	Hollister California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-28	MIA86LA257	Piper PA-28-161 N40070	Cedar Key Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-28	MKC86LA196	Amateur-built EAGLE 2 N25FH	Joplin Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-28	NYC86LA243	Beech BE-55 N525TP	Seneca Falls New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-27	ANC86LA166	Piper PA-18 N4371A	Pilot Point Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-27	ATL86LLT09	Beech 35A N676B	Nashville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-27	BFO86FHD04	White Lightning Aircraft Corp. WLAC-1 N100WL	Wilmington Delaware	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-27	LAX86FUG05	Schweizer SGS-1-35C N2673H	Palm Springs California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-27	MIA86FLT02	Amateur-built BREEZY N3269X	Meridian Mississippi	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-27	MIA86LA256	Cessna 152 N757EQ	San Juan Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	ANC86LAG06	Amateur-built SA-100 N578A	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-26	ATL86FA266	Piper TG8-J3C-65 N27047	Apex North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-26	CHI86LA232	Mcculloch J-2 N90563	Rush City Minnesota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-26	CHI86LA236	Hughes 269B N9427F	Baldwin Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	DCA86IA001 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 N402EA	Raleigh-Durham North Carolina	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	DEN86LA260	Piper PA-18-150 N7289K	Wright Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	LAX86LA357	Cessna 210N N5340U	Douglas Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	MIA86LA254	Cessna 172P N54759	Live Oak Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	MIA86LA255	Piper PA-28-140 N56522	Arcadia Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-26	MKC86LA199	Bell 206A N206DW	Texarkana Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-25	ANC86LA165	Cessna A185F N4611E	Hanning Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-25	ATL86FA265	Cessna A-37A N3757Z	Yantley Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-25	CHI86FA235	Fairchild SA-266TC N327BA	Galesburg Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-25	CHI86IA231 incident	Mitsubishi MU-300IA N19R	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-09-25	DEN86FA259	Cessna 340A N6663G	Crawford Colorado	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-25	DEN86LA258	North American AT-6G N66TY	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-25	FTW86FA171	Cessna 152 N5542P	Pearland Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-24	DEN86LA253	Champion 7ECA N1634G	Hurricane Utah	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.