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
1985-09-05	DEN85FTE09	Amateur-built STEEN SKYBOLT N200FC	Strasburg Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-05	DEN85LTG08	Piper PA-28-140 N8864N	Underwood North Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-05	FTW85LA342	Cessna A185F N5513E	Port Sulphur Louisiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-05	LAX85LA382	Cessna 180B N1895X	Placerville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-05	LAX85LA387	Cessna 170B N1659D	Buckeye Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	ANC85LA170	Cessna 180F N25722	Cordova Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	ANC85LAG02	Piper PA-18 N9919D	Kodiak Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	ATL85LA268	Piper PA-24-250 N7991P	Florence South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	BFO85FA073	Piper PA-31-350 N27902	Norfolk Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	DEN85LA237	Cessna 172P N52456	Monument Valley Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	LAX85LA380	Piper PA-28-161 N421GS	Julian California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	LAX85LA381	Cessna 402A N4597Q	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	MIA85LA243	Bell 47G-2 N8429E	Moore Haven Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	MIA85LA244	Piper PA-28-161 N8015X	Everglades City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	NYC85LA232	Cessna 152A N4976A	Post Mills Vermont	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-04	SEA85LA207	Amateur-built STARDUSTER SA101 N3635G	Yerington Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	DEN85LA235	Cessna 182N N9229	Moab Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	FTW85IA341 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N112AA	Abilene Texas	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	FTW85LA337	Piper PA-28-181 N8043C	Westbrook Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	LAX85LA379	Piper PA-28-180 N9950B	Glendale Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	MIA85LA245	Aeronca 7AC N84046	New Smyrna Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-03	MKC85LA207	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N424FH	Ashland Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	ANC85LA168	Piper PA-18-150 N74924	Mcgrath Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	ANC85LA169	Maule M-5 N51369	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	ATL85LA267	Amateur-built HP-14 N5DB	Aiken South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	CHI85LA365	Cessna 177 N30654	Glandorf Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	CHI85LA367	Raven AX-9 N4196N	Blaine Minnesota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	DEN85FA233	Piper PA-34-200T N75015	Ogden Utah	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-02	LAX85LA394	Glasflugel ST LIEBELLE 201B N711DP	California City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	LAX85LA395	Piccard AX6 N2484Z	Pilot Hill California	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-09-02	MKC85LA204	Grumman AA5 N16LB	Boone Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-02	SEA85LA206	Cessna 152 N24867	Langley Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	ANC85LA166	Maule M-5 N51566	Cape Yakataga Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	ATL85FA266	Piper PA-28-235-B N9340W	Rion South Carolina	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-01	ATL85LA264	Piper PA-18 105 N323T	Hendersonville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	ATL85LA265	Bellanca CHAMPION 7GCAA N7559F	Alabaster Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	CHI85LA362	Beech A36 N1450R	Mankato Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	DEN85LA234	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N2259H	Littleton Colorado	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-09-01	FTW85LA339	Cessna 150B N1257Y	Drumright Oklahoma	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-01	LAX85LA378	Stinson 108-2 N9782K	Carpinteria California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	MKC85LA203	Cessna 172G N3943L	Deepwater Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	MKC85LA205	Cessna 150-L N18604	Stuttgart Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-01	NYC85FA227	Cessna 150M N66190	Danby Vermont	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-31	ANC85LA165	Cessna A188B N53286	Gold King Creek Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-31	ANC85LA167	Piper PA-14 N5188H	Cape Yakataga Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-31	CHI85FEP04	Pzl-Bielsko SZD-45A OGAR N35AS	Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-31	CHI85LA361	Cessna 150M N66550	Wabash Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-31	CHI85LA364	Amateur-built REPLICA TS-1 N4463	Marengo Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-31	DEN85FA229	Piper PA-18-150 N14331	Peyton Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-31	DEN85LA231	Piper PA-28-181 N5418F	Englewood Colorado	minor 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.