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
1985-09-10	SEA85LA210	Beech A23 N2377J	Winnemucca Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	ANC85LA173	Taylorcraft BL-65 N27696	Rainey Pass Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	ANC85LA175	Cessna 180 N3657C	Farewell Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	ATL85FA272	Mbb BK-117A-1 N117SR	Aiken South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	CHI85IA369 incident	Fokker F27-500 N242MA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	FTW85LA345	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N6262L	Caddo Mills Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	MIA85FA248	Aero Commander 100 N3684X	Oak Hill Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	MIA85LA249	Piper PA-28-160 N5488W	Key West Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-09	MIA85LA250	Cessna 152 N25590	Opa Locka Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	MKC85LA223	Beech 58 N755DD	Greenfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-09	SEA85FA211	Bell 206B N14819	Emmett Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-08	ANC85LAG03	Taylorcraft 19 N3588T	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	BFO85IA074 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1842U	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	CHI85FEV03	Cessna 172 N6236E	Sweetwater Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-08	FTW85LA354	Schweizer SGS 1-26C N126P	Rockdale Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	LAX85FA385	Amateur-built HUMMING BIRD N14GJ	Tucson Arizona	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	LAX85LA386	Peterson J-4 N29899	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MIA85IA246 incident	Douglas DC-8-71 N1300L	West Palm Bch Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MKC85FCD02	Cessna 172 M N20517	Emmetsburg Iowa	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MKC85LA210	Cessna 150K N5831G	Bee Branch Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MKC85LA211	Cessna 172N N2920E	Bridgeport Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MKC85LA212	Cessna 152 N67463	St. Charles Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	MKC85LA219	Cessna A185F N1756R	Lincoln Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	NYC85LA259	Amateur-built VP-1 N4354	Sharpsville Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	ANC85LA180	Cessna 180-J N420SB	Egegik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	ATL85LA271	Cessna 305A N19JK	Star North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	ATL85LMG07	Cessna 172N N737LH	Anderson South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	CHI85FA370	Globe GC-1B N11HN	Romeoville Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-07	CHI85LA371	Cessna 172P N54452	Ann Arbor Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	MIA85FA247	Cessna 150 +1 more N6177K	Pensacola Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	MKC85LA208	Piper PA-28-181 N9557K	Oxford Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	MKC85LA209	Cessna 150L N6999G	Morrilton Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-07	SEA85FA208	Piper PA-25-235 N7340Z	Wenatchee Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	ANC85IA172 incident	Cessna C-172P N65798	Scammon Bay Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	ATL85FLT10	Aeronca 7AC N83053	Mcewen Tennessee	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	ATL85FMG08	Piper PA-28R-200 N6102J	Shuffletown North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	ATL85LA269	Grumman G-164A N9893	Tunica Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	ATL85LA270	Swearingen SA-26AT N18SE	Columbia South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	CHI85FA368	Piper PA28R-200 N55024	Ravenna Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	CHI85FEM02	Cessna 170A N4169U	Fruitport Michigan	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	CHI85LA372	Piper PA-24-250 N7767P	Washington Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	DCA85AA036	Douglas DC-9-14 N100ME	Milwaukee Wisconsin	31 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	DEN85FTE08	Cessna 182N N92240	Alamosa Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	DEN85FTK03	Cessna 152 N69125	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	LAX85FA384	Beech A36TC N3801Z	Carson California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-06	LAX85LA383	Cessna 150K N6436G	Huntington Beac California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-05	ANC85LA171	Cessna 182B N2500G	English Bay Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-05	ANC85LAA02	Piper PA-18 N3839Z	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-05	ATL85LKG09	Grumman G-164 N598Y	Opp Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-05	DEN85FA236	Piper PA-28RT-201T CGTGV	Saint Mary Montana	2 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.