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
1986-07-06	LAX86FA279	Cessna 172M N80503	Havasu Lake California	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-06	LAX86LA280	Piper PA-28-161 N8075X	Vacaville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-06	LAX86LA281	Cessna 175 N7108M	Atwater California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-06	LAX86LA283	Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M N51856	Valencia California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-06	MIA86LA201	Beech 36 N9031S	Marco Island Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-06	NYC86FA176	Piper PA-28-180 N7562W	Seven Valleys Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-05	ANC86LA101	Stinson 108 N936C	Hope Alaska	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-05	DEN86LA189	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N37486	Hurley New Mexico	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-07-05	DEN86LA191	Piper PA-60-601P N8253J	Provo Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	LAX86FA278	Beech C24R N66287	Meyers California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-05	LAX86LA312	Mooney M20F N6762V	Cloverdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	MIA86FA200	Grumman G-164B N6915K	Vega Baja Puerto Rico	1 killed	Preliminary
1986-07-05	MKC86LA171	Piper PA-23-150 N1130P	Iowa City Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	NYC86LA170	Piper PA-28R-201 N43792	West Dover Vermont	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	NYC86LA175	Cessna T210C N2320S	Manville New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	SEA86FA155	Aeronca 7AC N84463	Mulino Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-05	SEA86LA157	Cessna 172 N1641F	Glenn'S Ferry Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-05	SEA86LA162	Amateur-built LONG-EZ N8183K	Jackpot Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	ANC86LA098	Cessna 180H N7935V	Fairbanks Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	ANC86LA099	Piper PA-31-350 N4109E	Barrow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	ATL86IA190 incident	Swearingen SA-26AT N20EF	Waycross Georgia	minor injuries	Preliminary
1986-07-04	ATL86LA191	Cessna 337F N1770M	Cherry Point North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	ATL86LA192	Piper PA-22-160 N9835D	Van Wert Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	CHI86FEC04	Cameron 77 N340CB	Hamburg Michigan	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-07-04	CHI86FEE05	Amateur-built MXII N4976X	Aurora Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	CHI86FEM10	Piper PA-25-235 N4811Y	Ionia Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	CHI86FEX09	Cessna 150F N8602G	Marion Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-04	CHI86LA166	Piper PA-38-112 N9499T	Fraser Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	DEN86LA187	Cessna 172N N8291E	Richfield Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	DEN86LA188	Piper J-3 N40660	Ashland Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	LAX86LA285	Piper PA-38 N91360	Lincoln California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-04	MIA86FA199	Robinson R22 N2385X	Islamorada Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-04	MKC86LA143	Beech C23 N66353	Cheney Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	ANC86LA097	Cessna 305 N5312G	Figure Eight Lk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	ANC86LA100	Piper PA-18 N5472H	Sparrovahn Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	ATL86LA193	Cessna 177A N30365	Huntsville Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	DEN86LA184	Cessna 172N N5552E	Tooele Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	LAX86LA284	Cessna 172P N54203	Los Angeles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	MIA86LA197	Cessna T210H N2228R	Cedar Key Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	MIA86LA198	Grumman G-164A N6603	Okolona Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	MKC86LA142	Amateur-built AKRO N6009N	Conway Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	MKC86LA144	Piper PA-24-250 N6FF	Davenport Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-03	NYC86LA172	Piper PA-32 N5533J	Block Island Rhode Island	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	BFO86FA038	Beech 95-B 55 N133P	Lynchburg Virginia	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-02	DEN86LA182	Piper PA-25-235 N7131Z	Williston North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	DEN86LA183	Piper PA-25-235 N7099Z	Bynum Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	LAX86LA276	Cessna 320D N4153T	Compton California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	LAX86LA277	Hiller UH-12C N26186	Garberville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	MKC86LA137	Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M-18 N4685B	Wynne Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-07-02	MKC86LA138	Air Tractor AT301 N78MH	Lake City Arkansas	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.