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
1985-09-21	LAX85LA400	Bell 47G-2 N2874B	Watsonville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	MKC85LA221	Amateur-built FLYBABY 1A N3826	Lebanon Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	MKC85LA222	Cessna 172I N46175	Cameron Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	NYC85FA244	Beech V35B N5NG	Warwick Rhode Island	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-21	NYC85LA246	Piper PA-24-180 N7505P	Bayport New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	SEA85LA221	Cessna 170B N1930C	Winnemucca Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-21	SEA85LA224	Cessna 172PII N51698	Brinnon Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-20	ATL85FKG10	Piper PA 60-700P N6905A	Hampton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	ATL85FLT12	Cessna 150L N10735	Tunica Mississippi	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	CHI85LA382	Navion 61G N2359T	Greenwood Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	FTW85LA353	Piper PA-28R-200 N1994T	Plainview Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	LAX85LA397	Cessna 182P N7208N	Mammoth Lakes California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	MKC85LA220	Cessna 172K N78227	Kalona Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-20	SEA85LA218	Waco UIC N13572	Boise Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	ANC85LA181	Cessna 172 N6951A	Shirleyville Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	ATL85LA279	Cessna 177RG N800JH	Neola West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	ATL85LLT11	Cessna T210L N2045S	Elizabethton Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-19	BFO85LA078	Schleicher ASW-20 N39DG	New Castle Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	DEN85LA244	Cessna 425 N1222B	Boulder Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	FTW85LA351	Piper PA-32-300 N95RA	Mt. Pleasant Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	MIA85LA259	Cessna C-152 +1 more N49873	Lantana Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-19	NYC85FHJ06	Robinson R-22 N90716	Ronkonkoma New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-18	ANC85LA179	Cessna 207 N91157	Chuathbaluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-18	ATL85LKG13	Cessna 182N N92746	Panala Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-18	BFO85FA077	Cessna 150E N3518J	Clinton Maryland	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-18	CHI85FER02	Grumman 164A N48405	Becker Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-18	MKC85LA218	Cessna 210N N5278A	Mullen Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-18	NYC85LA242	Cessna 172 N738SA	Ware Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-18	SEA85FA217	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N93848	Orchards Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	CHI85FA379	Gulfstream 500-S N8139P	Cloquet Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	CHI85LA381	Cessna 182Q N97855	West Lafayette Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-17	DEN85LA243	Piper PA-28-181 N3562G	Holyoke Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-17	FTW85LAMS2	Swearingen SA-226T N3RB	Missing	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	LAX85LA393	Pitts S-2A N13AS	Carlsbad California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	LAX85LA405	Piper J3 C-65 N6566H	Grand Canyon Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	LAX85LA407	Bell 206B N2160L	Pacific Ocean PO	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-17	MIA85LA258	Cessna 177RG N52637	Ormond Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-17	NYC85FA240	Piper PA-31-350 N62994	West Mifflin Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	ANC85LAA04	Piper PA-22-160 N8525D	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	DEN85LA242	Cessna 172 M N61788	Wray Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	LAX85FVA05	Beech E-33 N3493A	Coalinga California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	MIA85LA257	Piper PA-24-260 N9213P	Leesburg Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	MKC85FA217	Piper PA-28-181 N8262U	What Cheer Iowa	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-16	SEA85LA215	Varga 2150A N8291J	Vale Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	ANC85LA177	Cessna A185F N80124	Cordova Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	ANC85LA178	Cessna 180 N2490C	Tutna Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	ATL85LA277	Piper PA-22-125 N909A	Shinnston West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	BFO85LA076	Cessna 401 N3298Q	Cheswold Delaware	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	CHI85LA377	Amateur-built CASSUT III M N39684	Randall Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	LAX85LA391	Mooney M20K N5788U	Rosamond 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.