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
1985-03-16	ATL85LA121	Bell 47G N73DB	Erin Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-16	BFO85LA028	Cessna 172L N7586G	Leesburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-16	BFO85LA029	Cessna 150H N23231	South Hill Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-16	LAX85IA175 incident	Piper PA-44-180 +1 more N2138G	San Jose California	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-03-16	LAX85LA176	Bellanca 14-19 N8870R	Paso Robles California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-16	LAX85LA183	Mooney M20C N1359W	Apple Valley California	serious injuries	Preliminary
1985-03-16	MIA85FA122	Piper J3C-85 N6716H	Winter Haven Florida	fatal minor damage	Preliminary
1985-03-16	NYC85LA084	Cessna 172P N62541	Princeton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	ANC85LA059	Bell 206B N58111	Mcknley Park Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	CHI85LA136	Cessna 172N N3421E	Crystal Lake Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	DEN85FA097	Mooney M20F N7414V	Deming New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-15	FTW85LA150	Cessna 305E N3946K	Mckinney Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	LAX85LA173	Beech H35 N5539D	Scottsdale Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	LAX85LA174	Amateur-built ENGEL AIR N5823X	Truckee California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-15	MIA85IA120 incident	Douglas DC-6B N55CA	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	MKC85LA072	Hughes 369HS N1040Z	Princeton Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	MKC85LA075	Beech V35B N4151S	Anton Chico New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	SEA85LA075	Bellanca 7GCBC N5033W	Bremerton Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-15	SEA85LA076	Weatherly 201B N1263W	Davenport Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	ANC85FA056	Piper PA-18 N62744	Koyukuk Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	ANC85LA057	Curtiss C-46R N7848B	Nulato Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	ATL85LA123	Cessna 182P N76RF	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	DEN85FA096	Piper PA-28 N8460Z	Logan Utah	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-14	DEN85LA094	Enstrom F-28L N51671	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	DEN85LA095	Cessna 310 N5515G	Angel Fire New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	LAX85LA172	Cessna 152 N95491	Grass Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	MIA85LA118	Piper PA-24-180 N7639P	Zephyrhills Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	MIA85LA119	Cessna 305A N5291G	Sugar Loaf Key Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	MIA85LA121	Cessna 152 N95627	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	MKC85LA071	Cessna 152 N67399	Norwalk Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-14	SEA85LA074	Grumman 164A N8495	Ritzville Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-13	ANC85LA055	Cessna 170B N2859C	Circle Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-13	ATL85LA117	Cessna 150J N60649	Decatur Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-13	CHI85FA137	Piper PA-24 N7241P	Toledo Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-13	CHI85FA138	Beech 58 N1889L	Chicago Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-13	CHI85FA139	Piper PA-32-260 N3974W	Angola Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-13	CHI85LA140	Bellanca 17-30A N8863V	Marshall Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-13	FTW85IA149 incident	Beech A36 N2057A	Dfw Airport Texas	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-03-13	LAX85LA171	Piper PA-44-180T N8322T	Woodland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-13	SEA85LA078	Piper PA-32-300 N2965A	Fish Lake Valle Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-12	ANC85FA054	Amateur-built DHC-6-300 N540N	Barter Island Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-12	MKC85FA070	Cessna T210R N6101U	Eli Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-12	SEA85LA073	Cessna 172 N8553X	Soda Springs Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-11	ANC85LA053	Cessna 207 N9937M	Mcgrath Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-11	ATL85FA118	Cessna 177RG N1625H	Charleston West Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-11	ATL85LA114	Bellanca 7KCAB N53726	Charleston West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-11	BFO85FA026	Cessna 182P N52581	Laurel Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-11	MIA85LA115	Piper PA-28-140 N44480	Pahokee Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-03-10	ATL85LA116	Cessna 172H N3227L	Buena Vista Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-10	BFO85LA027	Cessna 172N N1564E	Charlottesville Virginia	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.