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
1985-09-15	MIA85LA255	Cessna 172P N89989	Wesley Chapel Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	MIA85LA256	Cessna 150L N1767Q	Indiantown Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-15	MKC85LA216	Cessna 172M N61624	Emporia Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	NYC85IA238 incident	Boeing 747-130 N780T	Jamaica New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	NYC85LA235	Piper PA-38-112 N2387P	Madison Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	NYC85LA236	Beech BE-55 N6429S	Danbury Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-15	NYC85LA237	Piper J-3 N41440	Chenango Bridge New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	ANC85LA176	Piper PA-32-300 N8981N	Togiak Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	ATL85FA276	Amateur-built S-1S N30BL	Paducah Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	BFO85LA075	Piper PA-32-300 N2821Y	Williamsburg Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	CHI85FET03	Amateur-built BEDE BD-5B N23105	Elkhart Indiana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	CHI85LA378	Schweizer 134 N7627	Hampshire Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	CHI85LA380	Maule M-5-235C N56349	Bloomington Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	DEN85FA241	Aerospatiale SA315B N3836E	Craig Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	FTW85FA346	Amateur-built S-1 N74LF	Mclean Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	FTW85LA349	Ryan NAVION N91460	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	FTW85LRG02	Amateur-built TIGER BIRD N5MF	Kerrville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	LAX85LA392	North American P-51D N10607	Reno Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	MIA85FA254	Mooney M20F N4797N	Aripeka Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	MIA85LLD03	Amateur-built BULLET N520BJ	Eustis Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	NYC85FA241	Piper PA-28-140 N7188R	Hamburg New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	NYC85FAMS1	Cessna 172N N1423E	Block Island Rhode Island	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	SEA85FA212	Luscombe 8A N2073K	Renton Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-14	SEA85LA213	Amateur-built KR-II N5CJ	Boise Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-14	SEA85LA214	Bell 206BII N58012	Atlanta Idaho	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	ATL85MA275	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N680CC	Eva Alabama	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	CHI85LA374	Cessna T210N N4885Y	Minocqua Wisconsin	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	CHI85LA376	Cessna 170 N1290D	Eden Prairie Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-13	FTW85LA348	Cessna A185F N333WL	Catahoula Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-13	MIA85FA253	Cessna 152 +1 more N4894B	Panama City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-13	MKC85LA215	Cessna 421B N88DM	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-12	DEN85FA240	Aero Commander 680FL N45724	Fort Collins Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-12	LAX85IA396 incident	North American SNJ-4 N86WW	Reno Nevada	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-12	MKC85LA214	Cessna 152 N5269Q	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-12	NYC85LA234	Piper PA-32-260 N42722	East Swanzey New Hampshire	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	ANC85LAA05	Amateur-built DHC-3 N11250	Cape Douglas Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	ATL85LA273	Cessna 404 N128SP	Hayesville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	ATL85LA274	Cessna 150G N2906J	Dalton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	CHI85LA373	Schweizer G-164A N48514	Irwin Ohio	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	DEN85LA239	Cessna T210L N399KM	Gallup New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	FTW85LA347	Bell 206L-1 N2022G	Angleton Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	LAX85LA389	Cessna 150E N3926U	Apple Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	LAX85LA390	Rockwell S-2R N4853X	Coalinga California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-11	MIA85FA251	Amateur-built D-9 N12HD	Okeechobee Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-11	MKC85FA213	Piper PA-28-180 N15970	Hoskins Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-10	ANC85LA174	Cessna C-206 N9963M	Big River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-10	FTW85LA344	Mooney M20J N4793H	Kraemer Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-10	LAX85LA388	Cessna 152 N5477B	Modesto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-10	MIA85LKG06	Cessna A188B N9742G	Bascom Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-10	SEA85LA209	Cessna 180 N7694A	Issaquah Washington	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.