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
1985-07-30	SEA85LA185	Beech B-35 N3729N	Auburn Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-30	SEA85LA186	Cessna T210-L N15ES	Las Vegas Nevada	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-30	SEA85LA187	Grumman 164A N5186	Shelley Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	ANC85FA138	Cessna 172M N12904	Red Devil Alaska	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	ANC85LA137	Piper PA-18 N14159	Drift River Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	ATL85LA226	Grumman G-164A N10AA	Athens Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	CHI85FA316	Cessna 172G N4202L	Plain City Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	CHI85LA320	Piper PA-28-140 N4542F	Franklin Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	DEN85FA202	Cessna 172RG N6156R	Wilsall Montana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	FTW85FA300	S.N.I.A.S. AS350D ASTAR N3607C	Houma Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	LAX85FUM01	Aerotek PITTS S-2A N56PS	Ramona California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	LAX85LA332	Gulfstream-Schweizer GULFSTREAM AM G-164B N8133K	Poston Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	MKC85LA172	Piper PA-28-140B N98193	Minden Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	MKC85LA174	Cessna 180 N3161C	Ames Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	MKC85LA192	Champion 7GCB N9937Y	Grand Island Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	NYC85LA199	Piper PA-28-151 N32741	Lawrence Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-29	SEA85FA181	Piper PA-22 N4445A	Ketchum Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	SEA85FA182	Consolidated-Vultee PBY-6A N2886D	Northport Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-29	SEA85FYM03	Cessna 170B N8011A	Manzanita Oregon	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	ANC85FA136	Cessna 180H N71RD	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	BFO85LA064	Stampe SV4C N10WN	Fredericksburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	CHI85LA317	Stinson L-5 N1156V	Waynesville Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	CHI85LA318	Beech C33-A N1CK	Hobart Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	CHI85LA319	Piper PA-20 N7619K	Madelia Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	CHI85LA326	Cessna 177B N20277	Kankakee Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	CHI85LA340	Cessna 150J N51405	Sharonville Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	FTW85LA299	Beech 35-B33 N7935K	Alpine Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	LAX85LA331	Cessna TU206G N6277Z	Taohoma California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	MIA85LA221	Cessna 182P N1243M	Davisville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	MKC85LA171	Bellanca 17-31A N6598V	Cozad Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	MKC85LA173	Piper PA-25-235 N4772Y	Norcatur Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	NYC85LA197	Luscombe 8A N45564	Coventryville New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	NYC85LA204	Piper PA-28-140B N95141	Duanesburg New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-28	SEA85LA180	Piper PA-30 N7AT	Jarbridge Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-28	SEA85LA184	Grumman 164 N742Y	Klamath Falls Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	ANC85LA134	Cessna 206 N4649U	Kustatan River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	ATL85FA224	Aero Commander 680-FP N100HA	Chesapeake Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-27	BFO85LA063	Bellanca 8GCBC N7657S	Woodbine Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	CHI85LA321	Piper PA-32-300 N110CF	Delaware Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	CHI85LA327	Howard Aircraft Corp. DGA-15P N5604V	Fond du Lac Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	CHI85LA328	Piper PA-28-140 N7183R	Lakewood Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	CHI85LA329	Cessna 152 N67455	Rockford Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	MKC85FA168	Amateur-built CASSUTT SPORT N1115G	Admire Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-27	MKC85FA169	Piper PA-18 N9973Q	North Loup Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-27	MKC85LA170	Piper PA-28-181 N8089C	Leon Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	NYC85LA195	Cessna 182C N8951T	West Lebanon Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	NYC85LA196	Cessna 425 N6887B	Manahawkin New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-27	SEA85LA179	Luscombe 8A N1035K	Yamhill Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-27	SEA85LA183	Cessna T-188C N1964J	Pasco Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-26	ATL85IA225 incident	Beech 95-B55 UNK	Gilbertsville Kentucky	no 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.