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
1985-07-14	CHI85FA284	Amateur-built MX SUPER N23MX	Almont Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-14	CHI85LA286	Piper PA-32R-300 N4137F	Appleton Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	DEN85LA188	Piper PA-32R-301T N8409V	Glen Canyon Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	FTW85LA285	Ryan ST3KR (PT-22) N46170	Hondo Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	LAX85LA317	Robinson R-22A N85594	Piru California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	LAX85LVM04	Amateur-built BAKENG DUCE N3957D	Gilroy California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	MIA85LA210	Cessna 177B N13714	Cedar Key Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	MKC85LA154	Cessna 170A N5593C	Camdenton Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	MKC85LA155	Beech 95-A55 N1522Z	Salina Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	MKC85LA165	Amateur-built DH 82A N657DH	Ames Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	NYC85FA166	Piper PA-24-250 N7934P	Tioga Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-14	NYC85LA170	Piper PA-32R-301T N8210H	Provincetown Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	NYC85LA172	Beech 36 N9031S	Calverton New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	NYC85LA177	Sikorsky S-76A N3124L	Hartford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-14	SEA85LA164	Cessna 172 N8655U	Idaho City Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	ANC85LA131	Cessna 180 N9164T	Barrow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	ATL85LA215	Beech 95-B55 N3001S	Owensboro Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	ATL85LA217	Piper PA-28-180 N779VM	Franklin North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	BFO85LA058	Piper PA-24-260 N8577P	Middletown Delaware	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	CHI85LA285	Cessna 182 N3920D	North Canton Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	CHI85LA287	Piper PA-28-181 N47677	Stoughton Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	CHI85LA297	Piper PA-22 N1487A	Iola Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	DEN85LA187	Piper PA-28-181 N3030Z	Kiowa Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	LAX85LA318	Grumman AA-1B N8964L	Paso Robles California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-13	MKC85LA157	Boeing A75N1 N1391M	Earle Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	NYC85LA167	Piper PA28-151 N5405F	Chatham Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-13	NYC85LA171	Burkhart Grob G-109B N44GF	Pittstown New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-13	SEA85LA163	Piper PA-38-112 N25678	American Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	CHI85LA289	Amateur-built B8M N9729N	Hebron Ohio	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-12	DEN85FA179	Piper J3C-65 N6817H	Columbus Montana	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	DEN85FA186	Piper PA-28-161 N2443Y	Aspen Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-12	FTW85FA283	Gates Learjet 35A N613RR	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	FTW85LA286	Cessna T210N N5203A	College Station Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	FTW85LA291	Cessna A185F N9905N	Patterson Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	LAX85FA315	Bell 206-B N38942	Page Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-12	MIA85LA209	Piper PA-32R-301 N8341L	Bahamas Burkina Faso	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-12	NYC85LA169	Piper PA-28-140 N5602U	Cherry Valley New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-12	SEA85FA162	Beech B36TC N948ST	Idaho City Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-11	ANC85FA125	Cessna 152 N93180	Big Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	FTW85FA282	Aerospatiale AS-350D N3594N	Matagorda Islng Louisiana	1 killed	Preliminary
1985-07-11	FTW85LA284	Grumman AA5B N4520B	Sonora Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	LAX85FA314	Mooney M20J N201HU	Antioch California	1 killed minor damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	LAX85LA313	Cessna 182 N5706B	Sawmill Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	MKC85FCQ05	Cessna 150M N3201V	Manhattan Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	MKC85LA153	Cessna 172M N13064	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	NYC85FA163	Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 N727MA	Southbridge Massachusetts	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-11	NYC85LA164	Cessna 182M N71359	Block Island Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	NYC85LA165	Beech C23 N6704L	Penn Yan New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	NYC85LA194	Maule MX-7-235 N70LB	Savoy Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-11	SEA85LA161	Mooney M20-F N6879V	Salem Oregon	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.