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
1986-09-24	MIA86LA253	Cessna 152 N24854	Deltona Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-24	MKC86FA195	Piper PA-28-180 N7744N	Harvard Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-24	NYC86LA240	Piper PA-28-161 N9422C	Atlantic City New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-23	ATL86FA264	Bell 222UT N251CC	Galax Virginia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-23	CHI86FA230	Cessna 172K N78715	East Tawas Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-23	MIA86FA252	Cessna 152II N4865L	Clewiston Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-23	MIA86LA251	Piper PA-28-161 N8200Z	Sanford Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-23	MKC86LA192	Beech E55 N9043V	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-23	MKC86LA193	Cessna T210M N6163N	Old Monroe Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-23	SEA86FYE01	Amateur-built B-8-M N4621N	Deer Park Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-23	SEA86LA250	Cessna 180 N9138T	Dry Bay Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-23	SEA86LYA02	Amateur-built MONI N39200	Riverside Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-22	CHI86FEC07	Piper PA-36-285 N65130	Imlay City Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-22	NYC86LA239	Hiller UH12C N73876	E.Conway New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	ANC86LA161	Piper PA-12 N5461Y	Tutna Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	ANC86LA162	Piper PA-18-150 N4421Z	Wood River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	ANC86LA163	Piper PA-18 N202T	Windy Fork Rive Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	ATL86LA263	Piper PA-31-325 N4505V	Louisville Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	CHI86FEV05	Nord (Sncan) STAMPE SV4C N73NS	Lacon Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	CHI86LA226	Cessna 150M N66023	Terre Haute Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	DEN86FA256	Cessna 185C N2674Z	Broomfield Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	DEN86FTE03	Amateur-built BUSHBY MUSTANG N117RD	Casper Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-21	DEN86LA257	Beech V35 N50BD	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-21	NYC86LA241	Piper PA-28-140C N6004U	Indiana Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	ANC86LA160	Amateur-built DHC-3 N83U	American River Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	ATL86FA259	Cessna 150M N66297	Screven Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-20	ATL86LA260	Piper PA-23-250 N6041Y	Montgomery Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	ATL86LA262	Alexander AS-K13 N6877	Tullahoma Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	CHI86FEP09	Piper PA-32R-300 N4909F	Wisconsin Rapid Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-20	MIA86IA250 incident	Bell 206L-3 N111GF	Atlantic Ocean AO	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-09-20	MKC86LA191	Barnes AX-7 N2054F	Creston Iowa	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-09-20	MKC86LA194	Cessna 172M N80282	Arkansas City Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	MKC86LA198	Cessna 150G N3832J	Weeping Water Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	NYC86FNC09	Cessna 205 N27WD	Twin Mountain New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-20	SEA86FA248	Cessna 172 N5481J	Overton Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-19	DEN86LA255	Beech B58 N9025V	Fargo North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-19	FTW86LA169	Bell 206B N16978	Eugene Island	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-19	FTW86LA170	Ryan PT-22 +1 more N48331	Kerrville Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-19	LAX86FUJ06	Amateur-built DSA-1M N99QB	St. Johns Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-19	NYC86FA237	Cessna 337D N2680S	Lapeer New York	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-19	SEA86LA249	Cessna P-210 N6185W	Pasco Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	CHI86IA225 incident	Boeing 727-25 N8107N	Evansville Indiana	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-09-18	CHI86LA224	Cessna 182M N71650	Quincy Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	CHI86LA227	Bellanca 17-30A N28208	Grosse Ile Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	CHI86LA228	Piper PA-31-310 N707HB	St. Paul Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	DEN86FA254	Cessna 182Q N735GN	Ovid Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-18	LAX86FVA14	Hiller UH-12E N688SB	Lemoore California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	LAX86LA341	Piper PA-28-180 N9560J	Mesa Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-18	SEA86LA247	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N3565L	Tillamook Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-17	ANC86LA158	Cessna 207A N9736M	Mountain Villag 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.