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
1985-07-06	LAX85LA307	Cessna 152 N94295	Fall River Mill California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	LAX85LA312	Piper PA-34-200T N29461	Saline Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-06	NYC85LA159	Mbb GMBO-105C N83CJ	Pittsburgh Pennsylvania	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-06	SEA85LA157	Meyers Aircraft Co. 2000 N200AW	Reno Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	BFO85LA055	Cessna 172M N12740	Hagerstown Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	CHI85FEE03	Cessna 150L N5356Q	Plainfield Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	CHI85LA272	Stinson 108-2 N9306K	Hastings Michigan	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-05	CHI85LA274	Piper PA-36-285 N9909P	Mt. Carmel Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	CHI85LA278	Grumman TR2 N9891L	Crookston Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	DEN85LA184	Cessna A188B N731GN	Del Norte Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	FTW85LA274	Piper PA-28-140 N7589R	Port Aransas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	LAX85LA305	Hiller UH-12E N161HA	Gonzales California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	MIA85IA208 incident	Cessna 402 +1 more N68368	West Palm Bch Florida	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-07-05	MKC85LA150	Cessna 152 N5116P	La Porte City Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	NYC85LA161	Cessna 152II N45946	Ebensburg Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-05	SEA85LA170	Piper PA-24-250 N5829P	Mccall Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	ANC85LA117	Cessna 207 N1686U	Jakolok Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	CHI85LA268	North American AT-6G N29931	Dixon Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	CHI85LA270	Cessna 310D N1729K	Carbondale Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	DEN85LA211	Cessna 172L N4349Q	Lordsburg New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	DEN85LQA03	Piper PA-18A N1754A	Tucumcari New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	FTW85LA275	Luscombe T8F N1580B	Frederick Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	FTW85LA301	Cessna 182M N71846	Tulia Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	LAX85LA303	Piper PA-24-250 N7198P	Santa Maria California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	LAX85LA306	Cessna 421A N222CF	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MIA85LA206	Cessna 172P N92ER	Daytona Beach Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MIA85LA207	Quinn Aviation EL TOMCAT MK-5A N8429	Blakley Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MKC85FCQ04	Ryan NAVION N4482K	Blue Rapids Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MKC85LA147	Piper PA-32-300 N8654N	Point Lookout Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MKC85LA148	Cessna 172B N51611	Valley Center Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	MKC85LA149	Cessna 210 N6939N	Eldon Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-04	NYC85FA162	Bellanca 7GCBC N1880G	Cape May New Jersey	fatal	Preliminary
1985-07-04	NYC85LA158	Cessna P210 N4627K	White Plains New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	ATL85LA204	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N1534C	Owensboro Kentucky	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	CHI85LA265	Grumman-Schweizer G-164B N8400K	Thief River Fl Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-03	CHI85LA266	Cessna 152 N65562	Elkhorn Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	CHI85LA267	Piper PA-28-200 N33006	New Richmond Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	DEN85LA178	Cessna R172K N736XN	Leadville Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	FTW85LA270	Piper PA-38 N2342N	Granbury Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	FTW85LA271	Grumman G-164A N8375	Tallulah Louisiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-03	MKC85LA146	Piper PA-28-140 N2858T	El Dorado Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	MKC85LA151	Aero Commander S2R N5543X	Paragould Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-03	MKC85LA164	Brantly Helicopter B-2 N6799D	Denison Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-02	ATL85LA203	Stinson 108-2 N9818K	Lewisburg West Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-02	FTW85LA276	Grumman AA1B N8995L	Robinson Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-02	LAX85FA304	Maule M-6-180 N5658F	Corona California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-02	LAX85LA302	Meyers Aircraft Co. OTW N23799	Winters California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-02	MKC85LA158	Cessna 152 N96092	Corning Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-02	NYC85FA260 incident	Douglas DC-9 N968BJ	Boston Massachusetts	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-07-02	SEA85LA155	Bell 47G2 N11VH	Roosevelt Washington	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.