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.

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Cases newest first · 2,831

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1986-05-02	LAX86LA204	Cessna 152 N48600	Wickenberg Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-02	MIA86LA141	Bellanca 7KCAB N90985	New Smyrna Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-02	NYC86LA116	Cessna 152 II N94577	Pittstown New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-02	SEA86LA116	Mooney M20C N6494U	Twin Falls Idaho	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-05-01	CHI86LA135	Cessna 182P N21139	Indianapolis Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-01	CHI86LA136	Cessna 404 N313R	Marquette Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-01	DEN86LA123	Cessna 152 N94703	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-01	FTW86FA073	Partenavia P68C N3832E	Goudeau Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-05-01	FTW86FA075	Rockwell 112A N1356J	El Paso Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-01	MIA86LA140	Cessna 182P N1279S	Hastings Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-01	MKC86LA099	Piper PA-12 N3XX	Fulton Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	CHI86FER06	Cessna 180 N6559A	Brainerd Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-30	DEN86LA121	Piper PA-25-260C N76LF	Lamar Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	LAX86LA200	Piper PA-38-112 N25954	Fallbrook California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	LAX86LA202	Schweizer SGS 2-32 N2750Z	Vacaville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	LAX86LA210	Cessna 172N N738JE	Clearlake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	MIA86LA139	Wing Aircraft Co. D-1 N8601E	Bunnell Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-30	MKC86FA098	Cessna 150 N10768	Harrisburg Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-29	ATL86FA120	Piper PA-28-160 N5258W	Winton North Carolina	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-29	CHI86FEX07	Air Tractor AT301 N3660Y	Bruceville Indiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-29	FTW86LQG15	Aviation Adv. MUSTANG PSID N51JR	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-29	LAX86LA199	Cessna 177RG N34020	Placerville California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-28	ANC86LA051	Piper PA-22 N3438A	Chugiak Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-28	CHI86LA128	Cameron O-65 N298CB	Pickney Michigan	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-04-28	LAX86LA197	Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS N5RM	Benson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-28	LAX86LA201	Cessna 150M N704PL	Torrey Pines California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-28	NYC86FA114	Glaser-Dirks DIRK-DG-400 +1 more N40MS	Julian Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-28	NYC86LA115	Cessna 150 N3235V	Woodstock Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-28	SEA86LA112	Cessna 172 N7198A	Ellensburg Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-28	SEA86LA115	Cessna 172 N3580Q	Twin Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	ATL86LA119	Piper PA-25-150 N6242Z	Braselton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	CHI86LA131	Piper PA-28-140 N33822	Midlothian Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	CHI86LA132	Piper PA-22 N3321A	Griffith Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	CHI86LA133	Let L-13 N30LH	Gregory Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	CHI86LA134	Brantly Helicopter B-2B N2194U	Mt Clemens Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86FVM05	Hiller UH12E N5374V	Castroville California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86LA193	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N5067F	Keaau Hawaii	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86LA194	Cessna 150H N50007	Davis California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86LA195	Cessna 172 N12962	Kearny Arizona	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86LA196	Cessna 172N N7338F	Columbia California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	LAX86LA212	Bellanca 14-19-3A N8549R	Lower Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	MIA86LA137	Rockwell 100 N3789X	Ft.Lauderdale Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	MKC86LA097	Cessna 172F N7921U	Van Buren Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	NYC86LA113	Enstrom F-28C N60PB	Ridgefield Park New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	SEA86LA113	Cessna 172 N65654	Hubbard Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	SEA86LA114	Eiriavion Oy PIK 20-D N6VS	Minden Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-27	SEA86LA251	Stinson 108-1 N8165K	Grangeville Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-04-26	ANC86LA049	Bellanca 7ECA N1616G	Polly Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-26	ANC86LA050	Interstate 15B2 N64AT	Port Heiden Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-26	ATL86LMG06	Amateur-built ACRO MR3 N3MR	Clio South Carolina	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.