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
1985-06-18	SEA85LYE02	Aero Commander 600S-20 N1795S	Pasco Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-17	ANC85LA096	Piper PA-18 N4876A	Mulchatna River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-17	CHI85LA235	Beech V35B N18382	Boscobel Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-17	DEN85FA167	Cessna 402B N100HK	Bailey Colorado	8 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-17	DEN85LA161	Air Tractor AT-301 N2312U	Clovis New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-17	LAX85FA283	Beech 35 N3790N	Cameron Park California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-17	LAX85LA279	Piper PA-28-181 N4382N	Apple Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-17	MKC85FA133	Amateur-built SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1 N1141L	Gravois Mills Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-17	SEA85LA140	Cessna 188A N5695J	Pocatello Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	ANC85LA094	Cessna 180 N9282T	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	ANC85LAG01	Amateur-built PUFFIN N4933N	Eagle River Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	ATL85FA189	Cessna 172H N3714R	Hendersonville North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-16	CHI85FA234	Republic RC-3 N6121K	Eveleth Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-16	CHI85LA238	Piper PA-22-108 N5355Z	Starbuck Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	CHI85LA239	Boeing A75N1 N57250	Deckerville Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	CHI85LA243	Cessna 172 M N8954V	Decatur Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	FTW85LA258	Cessna 150 N1991Z	Girard Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	FTW85LA260	Piper PA-31-350 N66887	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	LAX85FA280	Robinson R22 N8360J	Manhattan Beach California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	LAX85LA277	Cessna 172M N6721H	Healdsburg California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	LAX85LA278	Piper J3C-65 N30738	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	MIA85LA194	Boeing B-737-201 N814N	Vero Beach Florida	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-06-16	MKC85FCD01	Amateur-built RV-4 N4703S	Jefferson Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-16	NYC85LA148	Taylorcraft BC-12D N44250	Peru New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	NYC85LA149	Piper PA-22-108 N5621Z	Champlain New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-16	SEA85LA141	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N44SJ	North Plains Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	ANC85FA093	Cessna 207 N9828M	Eek Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	ATL85LA186	Cessna 152 N47071	Abbeville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	ATL85LA187	Champion 7AC N83678	Barnardsville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	DEN85LA156	Cessna 170B N3475D	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	DEN85LA166	Piper PA-25 N4733Y	Leonard North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	FTW85FA257	Cessna T210N N6993N	Mineral Wells Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-15	LAX85FUG04	Amateur-built BG-12-BD N2310B	Hemet California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-15	LAX85LA281	Amateur-built MARQUART CHARGER MA5 N80GL	Upper Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	LAX85LA282	Bell 206B-III N3179X	Lahaina Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	MIA85FA193	North American SNJ-5 N988E	Stuart Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-15	MKC85LA132	Beech C23 N6723C	Pratt Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	NYC85LA081	Bell 47G-3 N49882	Plainsboro New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	NYC85LA147	Cessna 210M N732VU	Linden New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	NYC85LA150	Piper PA-28-140 N55490	Red Hook New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	NYC85LA151	Burkhart Grob G-103-II AERO N217BG	Erwinna Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-15	SEA85LA139	Maule M-5-180C N5652W	Ontario Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	ANC85LA095	Cessna 185 N75LE	Kantishna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	ATL85LA185	Cessna 210L N2427S	Andalusia Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	ATL85LA190	Beech C-23 N6020U	Wilmington North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	CHI85LA240	Amateur-built POLLIWAGON N8FT	Lambertville Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	CHI85LA242	Amateur-built AA-1B N7357L	Ravenna Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	CHI85LA244	Cessna 150 N7122F	Mcconnelsville Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-06-14	DEN85LA163	Cessna 152 N47822	Sunspot New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-06-14	DEN85LA165	Piper PA-24-250 N7259P	Clearfield Utah	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.