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.

fatal only Clear

Cases newest first · 2,831

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1986-06-22	LAX86LA270	Schweizer SGS 1-26C N3885A	Aguanga California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	MIA86LA189	Piper PA-28-180 N9625J	Punta Gorda Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	MKC86LA130	Cessna 180 N3166D	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	MKC86LA131	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q2 N162P	Goodland Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	MKC86LA132	Piper PA-22 N1618P	Wrightsville Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	NYC86FNC04	Rolladen-Schneider LS-4A N430RH	Rochester Vermont	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	NYC86LA155	Maule MX7-235 N5661N	Ardara Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-22	SEA86LA150	Piper J3C N3667K	Kent Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ANC86FA085	Piper L-4H N58988	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ANC86IA088 incident	Cessna 404 N4450M	St Marys Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ATL86FA178	Cessna 120 N89789	Marlton New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ATL86FMG08	Amateur-built HP-19C N4259Y	Boone North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ATL86LA179	Amateur-built HP-18 N9700P	Chester South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	ATL86LA180	Cessna 172P N52601	Salisbury North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	CHI86LA160	Beech V35B N18393	Mackinac Island Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	DEN86FA170	Cessna A150K N6DW	Silver City New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	DEN86LA168	Cessna 172K N79221	Bosler Wyoming	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	FTW86LA117	Cessna 172K N84839	Weatherford Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	LAX86FA260	Cessna 152 N4873H	Marysville California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	MIA86LA186	Cessna U206F N1372V	Ft. Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	MIA86LA187	Cessna 150M N63133	Plant City Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	NYC86FNA01	Amateur-built UNK N932JF	Beverly Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-21	NYC86LA154	Cessna 152 N89720	Wayne New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-21	SEA86LA149	Amateur-built BEDE 4 N76VR	Kent Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	ANC86LA090	Cessna 150 N1773Q	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	ATL86LA177	Piper PA-24-250 N6639P	West Chester Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	CHI86FEM09	Cessna 172I N46074	Nunica Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-20	CHI86LA159	Cessna 152 N5220M	Shiocton Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	DEN86LA167	Piper PA-25-235 N8768L	South Heart North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	FTW86FPJ09	Amateur-built MXII N4410W	Ardmore Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	LAX86LA258	Cessna 152 N68916	Prescott Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	LAX86LA259	Beech A-36TC N3823A	San Rafael California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	MIA86LA222	Bell 47G3B1 N53SP	Cleveland Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-20	NYC86LA171	Luscombe 8A N1166B	Barkhanstead Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	ANC86LA084	Cessna 180 N2393C	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	ANC86LA089	Piper PA-22-108 N5907Z	Egegik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	ATL86FA176	Piper PA-28-180 N103EF	Columbus Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	CHI86LA158	Cessna 182P N20735	Gary Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	DEN86LA166	Piper PA-36 N3856E	Onida South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-19	FTW86LA113	Grumman G-164 N48398	Palacios Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	FTW86LA118	Cessna A185F N9937N	New Orleans Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	MKC86FCJ02	Cessna A188B N84729	Bridgeport Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-18	ANC86LA083	Cessna 172M N73419	Theodore River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-18	ATL86LA175	Beech C-23 N6046Z	Fuquay-Varina North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-18	CHI86FEP05	Beech C-23 N66345	Milwaukee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-18	DCA86AA028	Amateur-built DHC-6-300 +1 more N76GC	Grand Canyon Arizona	25 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-18	DEN86FA165	Beech A36 N333RS	Mosquero New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-18	DEN86FTG01	Piper PA25-235 N6535Z	Stanley North Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-18	DEN86LA164	Piper PA-25-260 N82539	Toston Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-18	FTW86LA112	Beech T-34A N5154V	Pearland Texas	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.