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
1985-07-01	ANC85LA114	Cessna 172M N20541	Theodore River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	ANC85LA115	Piper PA-18 N49512	Sandy Piont Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	ATL85LA202 incident	Beech 95-B55 N1793W	Alma Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	DEN85LA177	Grumman G-164 N6674K	Platte South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	LAX85FA301	Beech 95-B55 N5794X	Corona California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-01	LAX85LA298	Beech 95-B55 N18387	Thermal California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	MKC85LA145	Taylorcraft BC12-D N95162	Cedar Rapids Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-07-01	NYC85LA168	Piper PA-28-236 N82631	New Milford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ANC85FA111	Piper PA-12 N3081M	Chugiak Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ANC85FA112	Douglas DC-3 N168Z	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ANC85LA113	Piper PA-12 N4011M	Kenai Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ATL85LA199	Beech 55 N2781F	Savannah Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ATL85LA200	American AA-1A N6393L	Hatteras North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	ATL85LA201	Beech 76 N6002P	Morgantown West Virginia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-30	BFO85LA066	Cessna 152 N757MP	Gaithersburg Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	DEN85LA176	American AA-1 N5984L	Gallup New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-30	FTW85LA280	Piper PA-28RT-201T N8473X	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	LAX85LA300	Helio H-250 N55XV	Imperial California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	MIA85LA204	North American NAVION N8784H	Cooper City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-30	MIA85LA205	Beech 65-A90 N28SE	Apalachicola Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-30	NYC85LA142	Cessna 152 N48251	Hartford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-29	CHI85LA263	Lake LA-4-200 N516L	Hart Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-29	DEN85FTM04	Amateur-built SCORPION 133 N45877	Grand Junction Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-29	MKC85LA143	Amateur-built SPECIAL GREAT LAKES N8727	Gentry Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-29	MKC85LA144	Piper PA-28-140 N98343	Hays Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-29	SEA85FA156	Amateur-built BD-5B N5KB	Oak Harbor Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-29	SEA85LA154	Cessna 150G N3814J	Asotin Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	ANC85LA110	Piper PA-20 N3459Z	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	ANC85LA116	Piper J-3/100 N22AK	Port Lions Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	ATL85FA197	Piper PA-42 N542TW	Charlotte North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-28	ATL85FA198	Piper J3C-65 N151A	Dothan Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85FA258	Piper PA-32RT-300T N39554	Merom Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85FA259	Taylorcraft BC12-D1 N44340	Mundelein Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85LA256	Amateur-built CASSUTT III M N32RR	Kankakee Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85LA257	Piper PA-28-181 N9459K	Oxford Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85LA261	Cessna 188B N9254R	Waskish Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-28	CHI85LA264	Cessna 172H N3859R	Coleman Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	FTW85LA268	Sikorsky S-76 N5404Y	Eugene Island	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	FTW85LA269	Cessna 182 N200KH	Pearsall Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	LAX85LA299	Bell 206B3 N2766Y	Grand Canyon Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	MIA85FA202	Piper PA-32RT-300T N633RE	Pembroke Pines Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-28	NYC85LA157	Schweizer SGS 1-26 N691U	Cambria New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-28	SEA85LA153	Amateur-built DRAGON FLY N935AB	Burley Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	ATL85FLT08	Cessna A188B N4905Q	Marks Mississippi	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	ATL85LA192	Grumman G-164 N609U	Ashford Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	DCA85AA027	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N129AA	San Juan Puerto Rico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	DEN85LA175	Piper PA-32R-301T N8180F	Lordsburg New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	FTW85LA267	Cessna 172E N888W	New Orleans Louisiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	LAX85IA297 incident	Boeing 737-247 N473AC	Los Angeles California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-06-27	LAX85LA296	Piper PA-28-236 N8253C	Ajo Arizona	no injuries destroyed	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.