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
1986-09-05	ATL86LA243	Cessna 172M N12619	Monroe Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	ATL86LA245	Cessna 150G N3287J	Smithville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	DEN86LA248	Cessna 150J N50989	Goodrich North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	FTW86LA163	Cessna 172N N737XJ	Vick Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-05	LAX86LA360	Burkhart Grob G102 III B N630BG	California City California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-05	SEA86FA239	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N99313	Auburn Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-04	ANC86LA143	Cessna TU206A N942SA	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-04	ATL86FMG10	Amateur-built Q2 N206JB	Clinton North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-04	ATL86LA241	Cessna 150 N3410J	Smithfield North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-04	DEN86LA247	Grumman AA-1A N6401L	Chinook Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-04	LAX86LA337	Bellanca 7KCAB N68573	Poston Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-04	MIA86LA246	Piper PA-38 N938SC	Palmetto Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-03	CHI86FA218	Learjet 24 N88JF	Ypsilanti Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-03	FTW86FRD24	Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 N38092	Port Allen Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-03	MKC86LA185	Cessna 152 N45986	Onawa Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-03	SEA86LA237	Cessna 150L N18079	Kent Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-02	ATL86FA239	Cessna P206-B N4782F	Wht Sulphur Spr West Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-02	DEN86FA246	Cessna 182D N83F	Las Vegas New Mexico	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-02	FTW86LA160	Boeing E75 N4563N	Sweetwater Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-02	LAX86FUM04	Amateur-built UNK N64596	Chula Vista California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-01	ANC86LA159	Cessna 180B N3539E	Clear Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	ATL86FA240	Piper PA-28-161 N8285C	Hampton New Hampshire	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-09-01	ATL86LA236	Enstrom F-28C N549H	Coshocton Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	ATL86LA237	Cessna 152 N66989	Charleston West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	ATL86LA238	Amateur-built FALCON XP N548YA	Mt Olive Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	CHI86FEC06	Amateur-built BABY GREAT LAKES N1BL	Holly Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	CHI86FER18	Amateur-built ACRO SPORT N2263V	New Richmond Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	DEN86LA244	Cessna 172 N63302	Aztec New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	FTW86LA159	Boeing A75N1 N44WR	Laporte Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	MKC86LA184	Cessna 172N N738CH	Vichy Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	NYC86LA226	Grumman AA-5A N26784	So. Berwick Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	NYC86LA229	Piper PA-38-112 N2447B	New Haven Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-09-01	SEA86LA238	Beech A24R N66BW	Kent Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	BFO86FIG03	Champion 7FC N9853Y	Baltimore Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	DCA86AA041	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 +1 more XAJED	Cerritos California	67 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	DEN86LA243	Cessna 150F N8856S	Dexter New Mexico	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	DEN86LA245	Aerotek PITTS S-2B N260PS	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	FTW86LA162	Cessna 172M N61923	Mineola Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	LAX86FVG07	Amateur-built STEEN SKYBOLT N69Z	Sonora California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	LAX86LA339	Taylorcraft BC-12D N434CW	Lompoc California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	LAX86LA340	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N10SV	Santa Paula California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	MKC86FA181	Piper PA-28-140 N4233J	Elkhart Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	MKC86LA183	Cessna 182F N3239U	Albany Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	NYC86FA219	Cessna 152 N6563L	Bargaintown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	NYC86LA223	Cessna 152 N5088Q	Willimantic Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	NYC86LA224	Cessna 150 N3649J	Butler Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	NYC86LA225	Piper PA-22-150 N3841P	Dennis Port Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-31	SEA86FA233	Cessna 180 N4703B	Wallace Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-31	SEA86LA230	Aero Commander 100 N4156X	Priest River Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-08-30	ANC86LA140	Cessna 182 N5227R	Iliamna 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.