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
1986-12-12	MIA87FA048	Cessna 182P N182LM	St. Cloud Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	CHI87FA048	Piper PA-28R-200 N32693	N. Manitou Isl. Michigan	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	CHI87IA047 incident	Fairchild SA226TC N323BA	Paducah Kentucky	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	CHI87LA044	Cessna T303 N9894T	Benton Harbor Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	LAX87LA062	Piper PA-28-235 N1429H	Hayward California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	MKC87FA030	Piper PA-28-151 N44291	Grain Valley Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-11	MKC87LA031	Cessna 180 N26DL	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-11	NYC87LA012	Enstrom 280C N647H	Newport Rhode Island	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-10	ATL87LA040	Hughes 269C N58188	Charlotte North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-10	ATL87MA041	Beech 100 N65TD	Windsor Massachusetts	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-10	CHI87MA053	Hughes 269B N8982F	Cross Plaines Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-10	MIA87FA047	Beech C-55 N7975M	Ivel Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-09	ATL87FA039	Cessna 170B N2464D	Madison Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-09	FTW87LA030	Cessna 305A N5211G	Mason Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-09	LAX87LA060	Mooney M20C N5808Q	Michigan Bar California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-09	MIA87FA046	Hughes 369HS N8390F	Zephyrhills Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-08	CHI87LA042	Cessna 152II N753AA	Anoka Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-07	ANC87LA019	Piper PA-18 N9940D	Shageluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-07	ATL87FA038	Cessna 185D +1 more N5878T	Hammonton New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-07	ATL87LA037	Cessna 150L N6860G	Cullowhee North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-07	FTW87FA029	Piper PA-28R-200 N4475F	Petersburg Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-07	LAX87LA059	Cessna 152 N25592	Davis California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-07	MIA87FA045	North American Rockwell Corp. 112 N1142J	Jacksonville Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-07	NYC87LA046	Beech B23 N7651R	Trenton Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-07	SEA87LA020	Cessna 414A N37561	Murtaugh Idaho	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-07	SEA87MA035	Cessna TU206G N732ZF	Jean Nevada	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-06	ATL87LA036	Sikorsky UH-19D N37800	Roanoke Rapids North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	CHI87DEM05	Cessna T210L N999WF	Lawton Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	CHI87LA043	Piper PA28-151 N41765	Marquette Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	DEN87LA029	Piper PA-18-150 N7087D	Havre Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	FTW87LA027	Cessna 150K N5809G	Georgetown Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-06	FTW87LA028	Piper PA-28R-180 N3171R	Montgomery Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	LAX87LA061	Cessna 182Q N759DH	San Rafael California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	MIA87LA042	Cessna T210L N130LJ	Miami Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-06	MIA87LA044	Cessna 150K N6330G	Apollo Beach Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	NYC87FA045	Cessna 152 N69123	Carlisle Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-06	NYC87LA047	Piper J-3 N26057	East Moriches New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-06	NYC87LA048	Cessna 150 N50714	Poestenkill New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-05	CHI87LA041	Cessna 152 N95614	Vergenns Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-05	LAX87DUJ02	Grumman G-164 N671Y	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-05	MIA87WA043	Beech 95-B55 N6220V	Cay Sal Burkina Faso	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-04	ANC87LA018	Cessna U206G N4736U	Uganik Pass Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-04	FTW87LA026	Cessna 152 N25532	Durant Oklahoma	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-04	SEA87MA034	Bell 206L-1 N7EC	Pendleton Oregon	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-03	ANC87LA017	Cessna 185 N6992N	Skwentna Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-03	ATL87IA034 incident	Amateur-built DHC-8-101 N802MX	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-03	ATL87MA035	Bell 206L-1 N3898U	Jamestown Tennessee	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-03	FTW87FA025	Piper PA-32-260 N43302	Baytown Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-03	MKC87LA028	Grumman-Schweizer G-164B-600 N6898Q	Earle Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-03	NYC87DNC03	Aero Commander 680 N6375U	Barre Vermont	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.