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
1985-09-26	ANC85FA184	Amateur-built DHC-2 N5317G	Merrill Pass Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-26	ATL85FLT13	Piper PA-38-112 N2438C	Springfield Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-26	ATL85LA284	Cessna 150F N8760S	Holly Springs Mississippi	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-26	LAX85FA402	Aerospatiale AS350D N4268V	Kula Hawaii	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-26	SEA85LA227	Beech J35 N8245D	Ontario Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	ANC85MA183	Boeing 737-2X6C N674MA	Unalaska Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	ATL85FA283	Beech D18S N25Q	Huntington West Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-25	FTW85LA356	Cessna 182A N9937B	Sanderson Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	LAX85LA403	Hughes 369D N29707	Porterville California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-25	LAX85LA406	Cessna 152 N64981	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	NYC85LA248	Amateur-built AA-1B N2640R	Hamburg New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	NYC85LA257	Cessna 172P N54103	Canada Falls Lk Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-25	SEA85LA226	Cessna 172 N52202	Fernly Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	CHI85FEV04	Hiller UH-12D N67182	Breese Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	DEN85LA248	Piper PA-18 N7467D	Deming New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	FTW85LA357	Piper PA-32RT-300 N31919	Ruston Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	LAX85LA401	Beech P60 N973T	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	MIA85LA262	Cessna 172N N4688D	Hollywood Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	MIA85LA263	Cessna 150M N63200	Pahokee Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-24	SEA85LA230	Bellanca 17-30A N6627V	Burlington Washington	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-23	ANC85LA182	Piper PA-20 N7440K	Feather River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-23	ATL85FAMS2	Piper PA-28-140 N1785J	Gulfport Mississippi	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-23	CHI85FA385	Dassault-Breguet 10 N700DK	West Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-23	DCA85AA037	Beech B99 N339HA	Grottoes Virginia	14 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-23	MIA85FA260	Cessna 402C N402V	Fort Lauderdale Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-23	MIA85FA261	Aerofab Inc. LAKE LA-4-250 N1401K	Medley Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-23	NYC85LA247	Cessna P210N N210AG	Marlboro New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-23	SEA85LA223	Cessna A185F N61298	Eastsound Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	ATL85FIJ01	Amateur-built SA-100 N21GT	Point Pleasant West Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	ATL85FKG12	Cessna 172P N5227K	Birmingham Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	ATL85MA282	Gates Learjet 35A +1 more N873LP	Auburn Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	CHI85FA383	Cessna 150L N21903	Hillsboro Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	CHI85FEC01	Cessna 182K N3013Q	Monroe Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	CHI85FER03	Univair 108-1 N8403K	Mcgregor Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	DEN85FA246	Cessna 172R N758UA	Santa Rosa New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	DEN85LA247	Cessna 182A N5145D	Troy Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	NYC85FA245	Bell 206B N32TV	Chalkhill Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	SEA85FA225	Cessna 177BII N35105	Lolo Pass Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-22	SEA85LA219	Aeronca 7AC N84844	Ridgefield Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	SEA85LA220	Cessna 182A N4774D	Vancouver Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-22	SEA85LA222	Cessna 180 N8062V	Klamath Falls Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	ATL85FA280	Cessna 172N N2858E	Halls Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	ATL85LA281	Cessna A188B N84284	Baxley Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	CHI85LA384	Cessna 150H N50433	Racine Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	CHI85LA386	Cessna 172 M N9391H	Freemont Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	DEN85LA245	Piper PA-28-235 N9186W	Sugar City Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-21	FTW85LA352	Cessna 152 N93729	Lubbock Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	FTW85LA355	Cessna 172RG N6290R	Mineral Wells Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	LAX85LA398	Cessna 172N N4840G	Huntington Bch California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	LAX85LA399	Cessna 150M N45382	Selma California	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.