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
1985-06-22	ANC85LA105	Bellanca 8GCBC N2667Z	Lewis River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	BFO85FA051	Bellanca 17-30A N93533	College Park Maryland	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	BFO85FA052	Piper PA-28-140B N98079	Perry Hall Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	CHI85LA245	Cessna 150L N10239	Griffith Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	CHI85LA246	Anderson Aircraft Corp. SKYBOLT N66AA	Escanaba Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	DEN85FTI04	Amateur-built KR-2 N8483Y	Laurel Montana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	DEN85LA170	Rockwell AEROCOMMANDER 112 N37775	Landers Wyoming	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	DEN85LA173	Grumman G-164A N5337	Deming New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	FTW85LA262	Bell 206L-1 N1086Q	Ship Shoal Blk	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	FTW85LA264	Bellanca 7ECA N53958	Ville Platte Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	LAX85LA292	Cessna 172P N52789	Glendale Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	LAX85LA295	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N3800F	Angwin California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	SEA85FA147	Cessna C-177RG N1983Q	Yakima Washington	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-22	SEA85LA143	Cessna 172B N6987X	Imbler Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-22	SEA85LA146	Grumman 164B N6762K	Twin Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	ANC85LA103	Piper PA-20 N45PC	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	ANC85LA106	Piper PA-18 N3684Z	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	ATL85FA193	Bell 206L-1 N27716	Ghent West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	ATL85LA194	Cessna 152 N49214	Lexington North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	DCA85AA026	Beech E18S +1 more N19T	Birmingham Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-21	LAX85LA287	Cessna 152 N24338	Filmore California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-21	MKC85LA136	Piper PA-28-180 N8336W	Belgrade Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-21	NYC85LA153	Cessna R-182RG N109MD	Spring Valley New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ANC85FA099	Maule M-5 N6101M	Theodore River Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ANC85FA100	Cessna 180H N91390	Theordore River Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ANC85FA102	Grumman G-44 N176MS	Dillingham Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ANC85LA098	Cessna 180 N5159E	Northway Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ANC85LA101	Amateur-built DHC-2 N99838	Bering River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	ATL85FA191	Piper J5A N35612	Cleveland Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	CHI85FEX03	Piper PA-28-180 N7750N	Orleans Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	CHI85LA241	Cessna 172M N12997	Mosinee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	CHI85LA260	Stinson 108-1 N9070K	Roseau Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	LAX85FA286	Bell 214B-1 N214RM	Squaw Valley California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-20	MKC85LA135	Piper J3C-65 N92253	York Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-20	NYC85LA066	Cessna 182RG N2306C	Norfolk Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-19	ANC85LA097	Cessna 170B N4570C	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-19	DCA85AA023	General Dynamics 240-27 N155PA	West Trenton New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-19	FTW85FA259	Swearingen SA-26AT N199TA	Rocksprings Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-19	LAX85LA284	Grumman G-164 N73646	Glenn California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-19	MIA85IA197 incident	Piper PA-28R-200 N5033T	Ft. Pierce Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-06-19	MKC85FA134	Ryan NAVION A N4974K	Kingman Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-19	NYC85FA152	Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B N240WT	Waitsfield Vermont	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-19	NYC85LA160	Cessna 182P N9977E	Newport New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-18	CHI85FEE02	Balloon Works FIREFLY AX-7 N40532	Somonauk Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-18	CHI85LA236	Cessna 172 N5267R	Jenison Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-18	CHI85LA237	Piper PA-24-260 N9492P	Peoria Illinois	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-18	DEN85LA168	Hughes 269C N5203V	Grand Forks North Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-18	FTW85FRD02	Amateur-built TIERRA II N4438V	Lake Charles Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-18	MIA85IA195 incident	Piper PA-38-112 N25701	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-06-18	SEA85FA142	Maule M-6-235 N121A	Gibbonsville Idaho	3 killed 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.