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
1985-05-07	MKC85LA096	Aero Commander S2R N1754S	Grady Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-07	MKC85LA099	Piper PA-25-235 N7655Z	Bridgeport Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-07	NYC85LA124	Piper PA-28-181 N82054	Stow Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-07	SEA85LA108	Cessna 185 N5313Y	Ketchikan Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	BFO85LA043	Cessna 140 N2034V	Chesapeake Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	DEN85LA129	Piper PA-28-181 N3067L	Tucumcari New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	FTW85LA212	Cessna T210M N732YR	Mckinney Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	FTW85LA235	Grumman G-164A-450 N8614H	Basile Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-06	LAX85LA244	Cessna 152 N24970	Wickenburg Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-06	MIA85FA166	Beech E18S N57AE	West Palm Bch Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	MIA85LA165	Cessna 310G N2903R	Palm City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-06	MKC85LA095	Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B N8138K	Earle Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	BFO85FA042	Cessna 175 N7027E	Princefrederick Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	CHI85FA186	Piper PA-38-112 N2475L	Lakeville Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	CHI85LA187	Cessna 120 N89599	Strongsville Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	CHI85LA188	Stearman PT 17 N59221	Hamilton Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	CHI85LA189	Piper PA-38-112 N2588F	Tyler Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	DEN85FA125	Cessna 421C N8343G	Las Vegas New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	DEN85LA126	Piper PA-28R-201 N38327	Angle Fire New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	DEN85LA127	Raven S77A N4199G	Fort Collins Colorado	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-05-05	DEN85LA128	Schweizer SGS 2-32 N2477W	Colorado Spring Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	FTW85FA207	Robinson R-22 HP N83745	San Angelo Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1985-05-05	FTW85FA209	Luscombe 8E N2497K	Verden Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	FTW85FRD01	Alon A-2 N5491E	Bunkie Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	FTW85LA213	Piper PA-601 N8083J	Balmorhea Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	LAX85FA240	Douglas DC3 N157U	Perris California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	LAX85FA241	North American AT6A N144KM	Lemoore California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	LAX85LA242	Piper PA-28-160 N5166W	Springville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	LAX85LA243	Globe GC-1B N500RG	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	LAX85LA248	Piper PA-32-300 N15259	Baker California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-05	NYC85LA117	Cessna 172N N4680G	Vincentown New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	SEA85FA104	Hughes 369D N8365F	Spokane Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-05	SEA85LA107	Hiller UH-12E N28872	Fall Creek Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	ATL85IA153 incident	Piper PA-34-200T N2618M	White Sulphur West Virginia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	FTW85LA208	Cessna 152 N6593L	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	FTW85LA210	Piper J-3C N925TX	Fredericksburg Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	FTW85LA214	Amateur-built QUICKIE N79QD	Opelousas Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	LAX85FA238	Beech V35A N4RW	Santa Monica California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-04	LAX85FA239	Amateur-built SKYBOLT +1 more N10DE	Paso Robles California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	LAX85LA236	Fairchild SA226T N444LM	Livermore California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-04	LAX85LA245	Cessna 140 N76086	Jackson California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	MIA85LA164	Mooney M20C N6850U	Bainbridge Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	MKC85LA097	Beech 35 N3068V	Ames Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	NYC85FHA03	Cessna 172M N6851H	Auburn Center Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	NYC85LA115	Cessna C172 N172TD	Poestenkill New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	NYC85LA116	Centrair 101A N4429W	Barre Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-04	SEA85FA103	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2173B	Seattle Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-05-03	ANC85LA077	Piper PA-32 N4246T	Bethel Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-03	CHI85FET01	Cessna 172 M N23388	Valparaiso Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-03	LAX85LA231	Piper PA-23 N1461P	Clovis California	minor 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.