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
1986-09-12	ANC86FA151	Piper PA-18 N150SG	Christian Lake Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-12	ANC86LA153	Fairchild 24-J N20617	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	ATL86LA255	Cessna T310R N6171X	Louisville Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	DEN86LA250	Piper PA-18A-150 N8595D	Casper Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	FTW86LA165	Temco GLODE SWIFT N2311B	Temple Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-12	LAX86FVG08	Christen Industries EAGLE II N19DW	Rio Vista California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-12	LAX86LA346	Piper PA-32RT-300T N39695	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	LAX86LA352	Piper PA-28-180 N8085W	Likely California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	MKC86LA188	Cessna 182 N9161X	Rolla Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-12	SEA86FA245	Cessna 150M N9250U	Carbonado Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-12	SEA86LA243	Grumman G164A-450 N8025K	Orovado Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-11	ANC86LA150	Bellanca 8GCBC N86992	Bradley Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-11	LAX86LA344	Hughes 269C N58323	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-11	NYC86FA234	Cessna U206F N8316Q	Holoyoke Massachusetts	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-10	BFO86LA045	Piper PA-28-181 N4350K	Fredericksburg Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-10	BFO86LA051	Cessna 152 N64934	Mappsville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-10	LAX86LA345	Cessna 150 N112LN	Modesto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-09	ANC86LA145	Piper PA-18 N287T	Big River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-09	ANC86LA164	Cessna 195A N9342A	Willow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-09	DEN86FAMS3	Mooney M20F N2688W	Cuba New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-09	NYC86FA232	Sikorsky SK-76 N93AE	White Plains New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-09	NYC86IA231 incident	Piper PA-60-600 N90349	Binghamton New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-09-09	NYC86LA233	Robinson R22 N9033B	Sterling Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-08	ANC86LA146	Piper PA-14 N4290H	Port Heiden Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-08	ANC86LA147	Amateur-built DHC-2 N100KL	Port Alsworth Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-08	ANC86LA149	Piper PA-18 N9049Z	Umiat Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-08	LAX86LA342	Beech A-36 N6650Y	Visalia California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	ATL86LA247	Piper PA-24 180 N6309P	Huntsville Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	ATL86LA249	Cessna 172N N4892G	Fuguay-Varina North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	ATL86LA250	Taylorcraft BC12-D N44215	Elkin North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	ATL86LA251	Hughes 369HS/H-500 N9181F	Waterloo Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	DEN86LA251	Cessna 172K N79910	Monte Vista Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	LAX86FVM08	Hiller UH 12E N149HA	Gonzales California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	MIA86LA247	Cessna 140 N73087	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	SEA86IA240 incident	Cameron D-50 GBMCT	Seattle Washington	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-09-07	SEA86LA241	Cessna 185 N2262T	St. John Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	ATL86LA244	Cessna A188B N9351R	Screven Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	ATL86LA246	Beech 95 N2030C	Springfield Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-06	ATL86LA248	Amateur-built VARI-EZE N547EZ	Wilkesboro North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-06	ATL86LA252	Cessna 177 N3150T	Harrodsburg Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	BFO86FA044	Cessna 177B N34953	Springfield Virginia	fatal substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	CHI86LA219	Hughes 500 (369HS) N2254X	West Lafayette Indiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-06	CHI86LA220	Cessna 152 N24980	Dwight Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	FTW86LA164	Hiller FH-1100 N5068F	Abilene Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	MKC86LA186	Cessna 140 N89208	Festus Missouri	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	MKC86LA187	Cessna P337 N90BK	Wichita Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-06	SEA86LA242	Piper PA-28-140 N15390	Pomeroy Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-05	ANC86LA144	Champion 8GCBC N8575V	Big Delta Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	ANC86LA148	Piper PA-18 N5907Y	Farewell Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	ATL86FA242	Luscombe 8C N39068	Lavonia Georgia	1 killed destroyed	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.