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
1986-12-22	ANC87LA022	Cessna 206 N734WE	Ruby Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-22	CHI87FA054	Bellanca 14-19-3A N1253R	West Chicago Illinois	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-22	LAX87LA067	Cessna 172M N64533	Chico California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-22	MIA87FA056	Cessna 172N N739SV	Middleburg Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-22	MIA87LA053	Cessna 150F N6907F	Tunica Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-22	MIA87LA055	Maule M-7-235 N151CD	Ocala Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-21	CHI87DET01	Pitts S1S N39XP	Warsaw Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-21	DEN87FA039	Cessna 172E N7821U	Crossroads New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-21	MIA87IA054 incident	Boeing 747-121 N75IPA	Miami Florida	minor injuries	Preliminary
1986-12-21	MKC87FA033	Champion 7ECA N2674G	Cambridge Nebraska	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-21	NYC87DHA01	Piper PA-28-180 N54482	Lehighton Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-21	NYC87FA049	Cessna 172M +1 more N64342	Kingston New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-21	NYC87LA051	Cessna 201A N6615X	Scotias New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	ATL87LA048	Beech D-17-S N217SD	Louisville Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	DEN87IA032 incident	Swearingen SA226TC N124AV	Billings Montana	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	FTW87DQA01	Amateur-built PITTS S-1 N16GB	El Paso Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	FTW87LA033	Cessna 150M N714KY	Cresson Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	FTW87LA034	Cessna 150 N714LL	Arlington Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	FTW87LA036	Piper PA-34-220T N8456X	Lubbock Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	LAX87FA066	Mooney M20K N4004H	Flagstaff Arizona	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-20	NYC87LA050	Piper PA-28-140 N6192W	Old Bridge New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-20	SEA87LA038	Cessna 172 N739LH	Yamhill Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-19	ATL87FA045	Cessna 170B N8062A	Asheville North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-18	CHI87LA051	Cessna 172RG N9603B	Bloominton Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-18	CHI87LA052	Cessna 172M N12841	Middleton Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-18	DCA87IA015 incident	Atr ATR-42 N423MQ	Detroit Michigan	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-12-18	DEN87IA031 incident	Beech C-99 N7212P	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-18	FTW87FA032	Cessna 340A N8CD	Tomball Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-18	LAX87FA065	Rockwell 112TC N112DM	Gardena California	fatal substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-18	MIA87LA052	Piper PA-32R-300 N2279Q	Hollywood Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-17	MIA87LA050	Cessna 336 N1SN	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-17	SEA87LA037	Cessna T310Q N7581Q	Medford Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-16	ANC87FA021	Boeing 727-222 N7635U	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-16	MIA87LA051	Cessna 150L N11842	Homestead Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-16	SEA87FA036	Swearingen SA227AC N164SW	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-15	CHI87FA050	Cessna 182P N21016	Durand Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-15	CHI87LA046	Aeronca 11BC N3969E	Lake Village Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-15	DEN87LA030	Piper PA-12 N78588	Opheim Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-15	FTW87FA031	Cessna 172K N736XP	El Reno Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-15	LAX87LA064	Cessna P210N N3605P	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-14	ANC87LA020	Cessna 177 N30814	Willow Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-14	ATL87LA044	Hughes 269C N7416F	Bowling Green Kentucky	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-14	CHI87LA049	Piper PA-22-150 N9198D	Mcgrath Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-14	DEN87LA028	Cessna 152 N4597L	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-14	MIA87LA049	Christen Industries PITTS S-2B N117CL	Gulfport Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-14	MKC87LA032	Cessna 172P N75579	Pine Bluff Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-13	LAX87DUJ03	Amateur-built KR-2 N3762S	Mesa Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-13	LAX87LA048	Piper PA-32R-300 N2209Q	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-12	ATL87LA043	Luscombe 8A N71966	Morganton North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-12	CHI87DEX04	Aero Commander 500B N116CA	Hagerstown Indiana	serious injuries 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.