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
1986-07-26	CHI86LA181	Piper PA-38-112 N2444N	Middleton Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-26	CHI86LA182	Piper PA-28-161 N80510	Dodgeville Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-26	DEN86FA208	Piper PA-46-310P +1 more N4346L	Boulder Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-26	DEN86FA210	Burkhart Grob G-102 ASTIR CS N144SS	Black Forest Colorado	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-26	DEN86LA209	Piper PA-28-180 N7592W	Fargo North Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-26	FTW86LA139	Cessna 182A N5088D	Fort Worth Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-26	MIA86LA219	Cessna 172M N13351	Fort Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-26	NYC86LA187	Grumman AA-5A N333TE	Boston Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-25	ATL86LA211	Piper PA-28-180 N9011J	Sandusky Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	CHI86FEM12	Robinson R-22HP N83595	Grayling Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	CHI86LA180	Cessna 152 N5499B	Duluth Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	CHI86LA187	Piper PA-31T1 N2317V	Charlevoix Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	DEN86FA207	Cessna 140 N76541	Taos New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	FTW86LA138	Hughes 269C N99803	Batesville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	FTW86LA147	Bell 206B N2779R	Sand Springs Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	FTW86LRD18	Grumman G-164A N6718Q	Bastrop Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-25	LAX86FVG06	Amateur-built BARNETT J3 N504P	Yuba City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	MKC86LA157	Amateur-built KR-2 N151RC	Russell Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	MKC86LA160	Amateur-built SEA HAWK N85CK	Clinton Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-25	SEA86LA179	Ayres S2R N5511X	Nampa Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-25	SEA86LA184	Cessna T-210 N4137C	Battle Mountain Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	ATL86FA208	Piper PA-60-600 N3643Q	Raleigh North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-24	ATL86LA209	Champion 7E6A N982G	Alliance Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	CHI86LA178	Cessna 172N N734XX	West Branch Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	DEN86LA205	Schweizer G164A N8379	Grandin North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	DEN86LA206	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q2 N21LT	Rawlins Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	MKC86LA161	Grumman G-164B N6997K	Lewisville Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-24	SEA86LA178	Ayres S-2R N5017X	Kuna Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-24	SEA86LA209	Let L-13 N65141	Issaquah Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-23	ATL86LA205	Piper PA-28-160 N5041W	Dozier Alabama	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-23	ATL86LA206	Cessna 150 N4519U	Surfside Beach South Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-23	ATL86LA207	Piper PA-34-200T N2952D	Mobile Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-23	LAX86LA302	Cessna 150D N5917T	San Diego California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-23	MIA86FA218	Piper PA-28-181 N6151J	Steinhatchee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-23	MKC86LA155	Schweizer G-164B N8494K	Harrisburg Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-23	NYC86LA194	Cessna 172 M N9263H	Olcott New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-23	NYC86LA195	Beech A24R N1RJ	Tunkhannock Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-23	SEA86LA176	Bell 47G-3B1 N1197W	Burbank Washington	fatal minor damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	CHI86LA177	Cessna 150 N63069	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	DEN86LA204	Piper PA-25-260 N8629L	Sisseton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	FTW86LRD22	Grumman G-164A N920X	Franklin Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	LAX86FVA12	Ayres S2R N4023S	Tranquility California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-22	LAX86LA300	Taylorcraft 19 N43876	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	MIA86MA217	Douglas DC-3 N27PR	Isla Verde Puerto Rico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-22	MKC86LA154	Piper PA-23-250T N62719	Norfolk Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	NYC86DNC06	Amateur-built HAWK 304 N13CH	Wolfeboro New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-22	NYC86LA189	Schweizer SGS-2-33A N33985	Plymouth Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-21	ATL86FA203	Bell 222UT N222DU	Chapel Hill North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-21	ATL86LA201	Piper PA-28-140 N7059R	Topsail Beach North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-21	ATL86LA202	Douglas DC-9-31 N9332	Montgomery Alabama	serious injuries minor 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.