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
1986-07-21	CHI86LA176	Cessna 150 N6768F	Allegan Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-21	LAX86FA297	Piper PA-18-150 N83380	Corona California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-21	MKC86LA152	Cessna 188 N4483Q	Jonesboro Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-21	NYC86LA186	Mooney M20F N7040V	West Milford New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-21	SEA86LA177	Bell 47G3B2 N7092J	Nahcotta Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-20	ANC86FA111	Piper PA-18 N7156Z	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	CHI86FA174	Cessna 172K N79069	Random Lake Wisconsin	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-20	CHI86FEM11	Cessna 150E N4072U	Muskegon Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	DEN86LA203	Amateur-built PANTHER II PLUS N990RE	Sundance Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	FTW86LA134	Aeronca 7AC N83847	Plano Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	FTW86LA135	Hughes 369D N1109T	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	FTW86LA136	Cessna 305C N4493H	Stamford Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	FTW86LA137	Amateur-built A4-C N846V	Midland Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	LAX86FVG05	Brown PITTS SPECIAL N9BB	Bridgeville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	LAX86LA296	Glasflugel ST LIBELLE N74162	Vacaville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	LAX86LA298	Cessna 140 N76553	Flagstaff Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	MIA86FA216	Beech V35 N3872N	Tampa Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-20	MIA86LA215	Cessna 177RG N1554H	Dania Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	NYC86LA191	Bell 47G-5A N59400	Portland Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-20	SEA86FA174	Amateur-built STITS SA6B N3HW	Big Creek Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-20	SEA86LA173	Cessna 180 N7583K	Thomas Creek Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	ATL86LA199	Bellanca 7KCAB N11703	Orange Beach Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	CHI86FEP06	Amateur-built S-1C N3507	Hartford Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	DEN86LA202	Piper PA-38-112 N2355A	Minot North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	FTW86FA133	Cessna 421 N6VR	Addison Texas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-19	LAX86LA295	Cessna T207A N6484H	Whitmore Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	MIA86IA213 incident	Boeing 727-225 N8872Z	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-07-19	MKC86FA151	Amateur-built WD (BIGX) N31637	Sheldahl Iowa	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-19	SEA86LA175	Cessna 152 N68723	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	ATL86LA198	Beech A23-24 N6116N	Lake City South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	CHI86FER14	Bell-Campbell CHG-2 N5235N	Brooklyn Park Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	CHI86LA173	Lake LA-250 N1402X	Frankfort Michigan	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-18	FTW86LA131	Beech B-100 N6354H	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	LAX86LA294	Cessna 310J N3195L	Stockton California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	LAX86MA309	Aerospatiale AS-355F-1 N57967	Morgan City Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-18	MIA86LA214	Cessna 172P N54069	Whiting Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	MKC86LA153	Amateur-built GLASAIR N2440H	Oakley Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-18	NYC86LA190	Cessna 172P N65612	Plainville Connecticut	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-18	SEA86LA172	Piper PA-28 N7642F	Petersburg Alaska	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-17	DEN86LA201	Amateur-built MUSTING II N976J	Ruidoso New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-17	LAX86FUJ04	Grumman G-164-3 N5342	Casa Grande Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-17	MIA86IA211 incident	Beech D18S N76Q	Ft. Lauderdale Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-07-17	MIA86LA212	Piper PA-44-180 N257ER	Bunnell Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-17	NYC86FA183	Bell B-222A N404WW	Staten Island New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-16	ATL86FEK04	Ayres S2R-T15 N4015P	Mandale Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-16	ATL86IA197 incident	Boeing 727-25C N126FE	Erlanger Kentucky	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-07-16	BFO86LA040	Cessna 172L N3933Q	Aberdeen Maryland	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-16	CHI86FA171	Aero Commander 100 N3667X	Crivitz Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-16	CHI86FA172	Cessna 441 N6857E	Norton Shores Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-16	LAX86FA293	Burkhart Grob A103 TWIN II N5448E	Sun City Arizona	1 killed 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.