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
1986-03-21	LAX86FVM03	Beech 65-A80 N29DS	Cuyama California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-21	LAX86LA149	Cessna T210N N5256A	Phoenix Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-21	LAX86LAMS1	Cessna U206C N144FP	Maunaloa Hawaii	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-21	MKC86LA072	Amateur-built VP-2 N32JE	Scott City Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-21	SEA86LA081	Air Tractor 301 N5097S	Prescott Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-20	ANC86FA037	Amateur-built DHC-4A N539Y	Lime Village Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-20	ANC86LA036	Piper PA-18 N3935Z	Kotzebue Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-20	LAX86LA148	Cessna 140 N89698	Rio Linda California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-20	NYC86IA109 incident	Sikorsky S-76 N38	Atlantic City New Jersey	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-03-20	NYC86LA091	Cessna 140 N2643N	Newburyport Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-19	LAX86LA146	Cessna 172P N52628	Hayward California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-19	LAX86LA147	Mooney M20F N9591M	Burbank California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-19	MIA86FA101	Amateur-built THORP T-18 N83GD	Lakeland Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-19	MIA86LA099	Piper PA-23-250 N4599P	Ft. Pierce Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-19	MKC86LA070	Cessna 182 N3379F	Mulvane Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-18	ATL86LA099	Piper PA-28R-180 N7613J	Crossville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-18	CHI86LA105	Cessna 150J N50851	Lansing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-18	FTW86LA043	Bell 47G N2275B	Beaumont Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-18	LAX86LA144	Centrair SCHLEICHER ASW-20 N49946	Phoenix Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-18	MIA86FA100	Beech D-35 N5968C	Crystal Springs Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-18	MKC86LA069	Cessna 172N N1530E	Warren Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-18	SEA86IA080 incident	Piper PA-46-310P N4360V	Reno Nevada	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-03-17	ATL86LA095	Cessna 150 N2618J	Lafayette Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-17	FTW86LA045	Cessna TU206F N6633T	Goliad Texas	fatal destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-17	LAX86LA143	Aerospatiale AS-350D N88GT	Tahoe Valley California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-17	SEA86LA079	Bell 47G-3B-1 N3067G	Overton Nevada	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	ANC86FA035	Cessna A185E N70010	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	CHI86LA103	Cessna 152 N4633B	Brooklyn Park Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	CHI86LA104	Cessna 175 N7191M	Gregory Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	LAX86LA142	Hiller 12E N90475	Poterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	MIA86IA098 incident	Boeing 727 N8861E	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	NYC86FHA02	Amateur-built AA-1 N224Y	Pottstown Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-16	SEA86LA078	Maule M-4-180C N2037U	Orchards Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-15	ATL86IA098 incident	Cessna 404 N408EX	Mc Rae Georgia	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-03-15	ATL86LA094	Amateur-built KR-2 N455JS	Mobile Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-15	ATL86LA096	Cessna 172K N7374G	Stone Mountain Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-15	FTW86LA042	Cessna 172N N7576G	Marietta Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-15	LAX86FA140	Beech A36TC N333AU	Woodfords California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-15	LAX86LA141	Cessna 172N N739GB	Apple Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-15	MIA86FA097	Amateur-built QUICKIE 2 N335RM	Mulberry Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-15	MKC86LA068	Aeronca 7FC N9848Y	Lake City Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-15	NYC86LA085	Rockwell 680FL N287B	Houlton Maine	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-14	ATL86IA093 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N8924E	Charleston South Carolina	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-03-14	CHI86FA102	Bellanca 17-30A N123RM	Frankfort Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-14	DCA86AA021	Embraer EMB-110P1 N1356P	Alpena Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-14	DEN86FA099	Cessna 401 N9867F	Silver City New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-14	DEN86LA100	Cessna A185F N4984Q	Bozeman Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-14	MIA86FA095	Piper PA-31-350 N49984	Florida City Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-03-14	MIA86LA096	Beech C23 N9790L	Lake Wales Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-03-14	NYC86FA084	Piper PA-28-181 N8259E	Williamstown New Jersey	1 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.