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
1985-07-10	ANC85FA124	Cessna A-185F N61155	Elmendorf Afb Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	ANC85LA122	Taylorcraft DF-65 N47757	Eklutna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	ATL85LA210	Cessna 150H N22553	Enterprise Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	CHI85LA273	Cessna 152 N66944	Almont Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	CHI85LA280	Hughes 269A1A N8951F	Coal Valley Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	CHI85LA281	Cessna 152 N69037	Rochester Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	CHI85LA283	Air Tractor AT301 N23702	Roseau Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	DEN85LQA01	Amateur-built GLASAIR SH-2 N272CP	Aztec New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	DEN85LTG03	Piper PA-25-235 N9538P	Kramer North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	FTW85LA281	Weatherly 201B N2938W	Rosharon Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	MKC85LA152	Bell 47G N75273	Pella Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-10	SEA85IA160 incident	Cessna 207 N1755U	Bellevue Washington	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-07-09	ATL85LA207	Cessna 150 N1734Q	Geneva Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-09	ATL85LA208	Cessna T303 N9718T	Shelby North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-09	ATL85LA209	Amateur-built VARI-EZE N450Z	Albemarle North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-09	FTW85LA278	Piper PA-28-181 N8203D	Austin Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-09	SEA85LA159	Cessna 150 N1749	La Grande Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-08	ANC85LA123	Cessna 185F N8700Z	Egegik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-08	ATL85LA206	Piper PA-24-250 N7474P	Peachtree City Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-08	BFO85LA054	Cessna 172-RG CGFIE	Thurmont Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-08	LAX85FA310	Polliwagen Inc. UNKNOWN N81PW	Bakersfield California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-08	LAX85FA311	Cessna 152 N5204P	Marana Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-08	SEA85LA158	Amateur-built KR2 N82CG	Pullman Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-07	ANC85FA118	Douglas DC-6A N2878F	Egegik Alaska	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-07	ANC85LA120	Piper PA-14 N4292H	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	ANC85LA121	Robinson R-22A N8530J	Summit Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	ATL85FKG07	Amateur-built VARIEZE N55VE	Sylacauga Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	BFO85LA053	Schweizer 2-33A N65818	Warrenton Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	CHI85FA269	Amateur-built VIKING DRAGONFLY N59BC	Faribault Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-07	CHI85LA277	Amateur-built PITTS S-1 N42RB	Houghton Lake Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	CHI85LA282	Cessna 172L N7841G	Akron Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	DEN85FQG01	Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 N4203Y	Tatum New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	DEN85LA183	Cessna 172P N53410	Rio Rancho New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	FTW85LA273	Piper PA-32RT-300T N21698	Brownsville Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	FTW85LA277	Cessna R182 N1739R	Midland Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	FTW85LA279	Cessna 150L N5321Q	Killeen Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	LAX85LA308	Cessna 172 N1280F	Vacaville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-07	LAX85LA309	Hiller UH-12B N1048P	Durham California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	ANC85LA119	Helio 250 N5460E	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	ANC85LA127	Piper J-3 N38471	Tyrone Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	CHI85LA271	Amateur-built D-11 N4628S	Wooster Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	CHI85LA275	Bell 47G-3B-1 N7856S	Donaldson Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	CHI85LA276	Cessna 210MII N29008	Detroit Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	CHI85LA279	Cessna 150F N8219S	Fond du Lac Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85FA180	Hughes 369HS N5410W	Keystone South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85LA181	Cessna 170B N2432D	Swan Lake Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85LA182	Cessna 182-R N9837H	Telluride Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85LA185	Eiriavion Oy PIK-20B N563Y	Grand Lake Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85LQA02	Cessna 152 N5372B	Santa Teresa New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	FTW85LA272	Cessna T-210 N5473C	Knippa Texas	minor 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.