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
1985-12-22	MIA86LA047	Piper PA-38-112 N2569L	Brooksville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-21	ATL86LA046	Cessna 150 N6712G	Mendenhall Mississippi	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-21	FTW86FA026	Cessna 150E N4066U	Shawnee Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-21	FTW86LRG08	Robinson R-22HP N8358C	Pflugerville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-21	MKC86FA037	Bell 206L N110LG	Ainsworth Nebraska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-21	MKC86LA038	Cessna 140 N3587V	Coy Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-21	NYC86LA051	Piper PA-28R-201 N61260	Bristol Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-21	NYC86LA052	Piper PA-28-140 N98240	Rochester New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	ANC86LA018	Cessna 185 N4520F	Aleknagik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	ATL86LA045	Cessna C-172M N509R	Andalusia Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	CHI86FEM03	Robinson R22A N8488H	Grand Rapids Michigan	fatal substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	CHI86LA051	Fairchild SA226TC N334BA	Cleveland Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	DEN86LA051	Cessna 172N N7609F	Longmont Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	FTW86FPA10	Bell BH206L-1 N1069Q	Hurst Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-20	MKC86FA036	Cessna T210M N761YS	Kansas City Missouri	1 killed	Preliminary
1985-12-19	DEN86LA049	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N184FH	Bountiful Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-19	LAX86FA069	Piper PA-24-260 N9044P	Newport Beach California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-19	LAX86FVM01	Pitts Special G-1 N14JD	Salinas California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-19	LAX86LA070	Bell 47G2 N8404E	Moss California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-19	LAX86LA071	Cessna 152 N4946H	Arbuckle California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-19	LAX86LA072	Cessna 150L N10882	Tucson Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-19	MIA86LA046	Beech C-18S N64463	Deland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-18	ATL86LA044	Hughes 269B N9303F	Stone Mountain Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-18	DEN86LA048	Cessna TU-206G N7418N	Denver Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-18	DEN86LA050	Beech V-35B N24198	Wibaux Montana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-18	LAX86LA068	Piper PA-24-250 N6740P	Canoga Park California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-18	MIA86LA045	Piper PA-32-260 N5547J	Lake City Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-17	ANC86LA017	Cessna C-177RG N2191Q	Big Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-16	ANC86LA015	Douglas DC-3C N777YA	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-16	ATL86LA043	Piper PA-31T N4445K	Spartanburg South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-16	DEN86LA044	Cessna 172N N739KU	Logan Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-16	MKC86LA035	Piper PA-28RT-201 N83956	Aurora Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	ANC86FA014	Cessna C-207 N6497H	Napaskiak Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	ANC86LA016	Piper PA-20 N7773K	Wasilla Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	ATL86FA040	Bellanca 8KCAB N2697Z	Springfield Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-15	ATL86FA041	Mooney M20K N231A	Langhorne Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	ATL86LA042	Cessna 150L N19099	Manning South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	BFO86LA009	Piper PA-28-140 N427FL	Edgewater Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	CHI86LA049	Piper PA-28-181 N8458H	Dodgeville Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	DCA86AA011	Boeing 747-136 GAWNE	Boston Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	DEN86LA045	Cessna 150L N19409	Aurora Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	FTW86FRG05	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q1 N220WA	Beeville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	MIA86LA043	Lake LA4-200 N2969P	Homestead Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-15	NYC86LA050	Piper PA-28-180 N7177W	Mt. Joy Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-14	CHI86LA048	Cessna 152 II N4655P	Aurora Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-14	CHI86MA047	Beech B-60 N24RT	Carp Lake Michigan	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-14	DEN86LA046	Cessna 206 N5173U	Hardin Montana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-12-14	FTW86LRG07	Cessna 150G N2900J	Donna Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-14	LAX86LA067	Piper PA-34-200T N3885F	Glendale Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-12-14	MIA86FA044	Beech BE-23 N6636B	Pensacola Florida	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.