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
1985-08-03	ATL85FA230	Cessna 210N N6419N	Chamblee Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	ATL85LA231	Cessna 152 N67998	Hilton Head Is. South Carolina	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-03	ATL85LA232	Cessna 150L N7952G	Hattiesburg Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	ATL85LA235	Piper PA-28-180 N4884L	Burnsdie Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	ATL85LA238	Eipper MX-2 N3986K	Greenville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	CHI85FAMS3	Cessna 172 N5913A	Unknown	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-03	CHI85LA330	Mooney M20J N57275	Lansing Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	CHI85LA331	Cessna 150K N5783G	Romeo Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	CHI85LA332	Amateur-built QUICKIE 2 N335RM	Port Clinton Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	FTW85LA294	North American AT-6 N4434N	Port Isabel Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	FTW85LA304	Cessna 172 M N5045H	Arcadia Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	FTW85LA321	Cessna 152 N93980	Katy Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	LAX85LA342	Pitts S-2A N88M	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	MKC85LA176	Cessna 172 N54666	Cape Girardeau Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-03	NYC85LA198	Piper J3C-65 N92279	Quakertown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	ANC85LA142	Cessna 185 N70008	Nome Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	ANC85LA144	Cessna C-182K N3121Q	Port Alsworth Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	ATL85LA229	Cessna 150K N5773G	Orchard Hill Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	DCA85AA031	Lockheed L-1011-385-1 N726DA	Dallas/Ft Worth Texas	134 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-02	DEN85LTG05	Grumman G164A N5364	Colfax North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	LAX85LA337	Cessna 172 M N64033	Island Mountain California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-02	NYC85FGM05	Amateur-built RV-4 N85JP	Zelienople Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-02	NYC85FNE02	Amateur-built SONERAI II N27EF	Waterbury Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	ANC85LA140	Balloon Works FIREFLY 8 N7404X	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	DEN85LA208	Piper PA-28RT-201T N2232R	Clovis New Mexico	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-01	DEN85LTM05	Interstate S-1A N37438	Rock Springs Wyoming	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	FTW85LA303	Cessna 150M N187AR	Horntown Oklahoma	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-08-01	LAX85LA336	Bell 206 B3 N90328	Arroyo Grande California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	MIA85LA223	Bell 47G-2 N88AR	Ochopee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	MIA85LA224	Bell TH-13T N31FG	Quitman Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-01	NYC85LA210	Cessna 172P N52503	Stormville New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	ANC85LA139	Piper PA-18 N1104N	Kustatan River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	ANC85LA141	Cessna 188 N53135	Dry Creek Mine Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	ATL85LA228	Cessna A188B N9381G	Clanton Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	CHI85FA325	Piper PA-28-181 N8503E	Eureka Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	LAX85LA333	Cessna 150E N6284T	Sonoma California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-31	LAX85LA335	Beech 23 N2354Z	Kamuela Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-31	NYC85FA201	Cessna C-177B N34672	Macungie Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-31	NYC85LA200	Cessna 206 N5197U	Duanesburg New York	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-30	ATL85LA227	Bellanca 17-30A N6707V	Camden South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	CHI85FEV01	Amateur-built MIDGET MUSTANG-1 N28LS	Paxton Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-30	CHI85LA322	Cessna 152II N48241	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	CHI85LA323	Maule M-6 N5646Z	Iron Mountain Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	CHI85LA324	Boeing E75 N5191N	Delavan Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	DEN85FA203	Cessna C-182 N5642B	La Salle Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-30	DEN85LA205	Cessna 172RG N9455D	Evanston Wyoming	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-30	DEN85LA206	Piper PA-22 N5430Z	Boulder Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	DEN85LA207	Cessna 205 N1818Z	Pueblo Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	DEN85LTG06	Bell 47G-4A N1041B	Minot North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	MIA85LA222	Rockwell S-2R N3647X	Colquitt Georgia	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.