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
1985-04-27	CHI85LA180	Amateur-built MONNETT MONI N5625J	Athens Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	CHI85LA181	Cessna 172N N5102D	Perrysville Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	DEN85LA121	Boeing PT 17 N555JW	Aurora Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	LAX85FA228	North American SNJ-6 N2860G	El Toro Mcas California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-27	LAX85IA225 incident	Beech C24R N6041X	Fresno California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	LAX85LA224	Amateur-built BD-5A N831SP	Madera California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	LAX85LA226	Piper PA-32-300 N15420	Oroville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	LAX85LA227	Beech A35 N585B	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	MIA85FA159	Beech C35 N1967D	Tampa Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-27	MIA85LA158	Cessna 172K N46494	Sharpes Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	MIA85LA160	Cessna C-182J N2892F	Loughman Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-27	NYC85LA112	Cessna 172H N8052L	Middletown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	ANC85LA073	Cessna 206 N4863C	Seward Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	ATL85FA147	Piper PA-38-112 N2490A	Monroe North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-26	ATL85LA149	Maule M5-235C N29JD	Ravenswood West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	CHI85FA176	Cessna R182 +1 more N4707T	Prairie Dusac Wisconsin	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	DCA85AA020	Aerospatiale SA360C DAUPHIN N49505	New York New York	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	MKC85FA089	Piper PA-24-260 N8852P	Wakeeney Kansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-26	MKC85LA090	Amateur-built VP-1 N80LW	Taylor Missouri	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-26	SEA85LA097	Hiller 12E N99GM	Myrtle Point Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-26	SEA85LA098	Grumman G-164A N5285	Kendrick Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	ANC85FA070	Cessna 336 N1716Z	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	ATL85LA148	Beech 58 N679BL	Hilton Head South Carolina	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-25	BFO85LA040	Beech E18S N67A	Fishersville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	DCA85IA019 incident	Boeing 747-123 N9663	Detroit Michigan	minor injuries	Preliminary
1985-04-25	FTW85FPA01	Air Tractor AT301-A N2361C	Rockwall Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	FTW85LA198	Partenavia P68C N76L	Tilden Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-25	FTW85LA199	Beech A-36 N77HT	Afton Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	FTW85LA200	Piper J-3C-65 N3475K	Sulphur Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	LAX85LA221	Cessna TU-206G N4877U	Pinon Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-25	LAX85LA222	Piper PA-28-140 N511FL	Felton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	ANC85LA072	Piper PA-18 N1827A	Beluga Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	LAX85FUG03	Amateur-built T56A VEGA N4312B	Hemet California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	LAX85LA220	Piper PA32-301T N8275P	Show Low Arizona	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-24	MIA85FLD01	Cessna 172B N7846X	Brooksville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	MIA85IA155 incident	Grumman G-73-T N632SS	St. Croix	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	MIA85IA156 incident	Rockwell AC-500 N3836C	Palm Beach Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-04-24	MIA85LA157	Cessna T310R N2638N	Boca Raton Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-23	ATL85FA146	Piper PA-32R-300 N8069C	Dundee Mississippi	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-23	CHI85FA174	Boeing 727-223 N856AA	Little Rock Arkansas	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-04-23	CHI85LA175	Piper J-3 N87920	Richfield Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-23	NYC85FFA02	Cessna 177 N3401T	Claryville New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	ANC85LA068	Cessna A152AEROBAT N761UC	Whittier Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	ANC85LA071	Cessna 180 N5206E	Willow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	CHI85LA173	Cessna 172M N12124	Macedonia Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	DEN85FA120	Cessna P210N N6208W	Laporte Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-22	FTW85LA192	Cessna 150 N7930G	Abilene Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	FTW85LA194	Piper PA-31-350 N3550N	Sallisaw Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-04-22	LAX85FA214	Beech A45 N7GN	Fallbrook California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-04-22	MIA85LA154	Cessna 172N N739DA	Fort Myers Florida	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.