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
1986-02-20	FTW86LRG13	Robinson R-22 N9062Z	Austin Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-20	LAX86LA121	Mooney MK-20 N8135E	Phoenix Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-20	LAX86LUG02	Amateur-built GW4A N24GW	Hemet California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-20	NYC86FA077	Cessna 172N N739SP	Andover New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-20	SEA86LA061	Piper PA-15 N4521H	Mount St.Helens Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-19	ATL86LA078	Cessna 172N N1975E	Washington North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-19	DEN86LA081	Cessna 152 N6353M	Alameda New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-19	FTW86FQG09	Air Tractor AT-400A N23592	Hereford Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-19	MIA86FA081	Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 N6221V	Auburndale Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-19	SEA86LA060	Cessna 340 N7774Q	Burns Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-18	CHI86LA090	Cessna 402B N3940C	Rochester Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-18	DEN86LA079	Bell 47G3 B-2 N1424W	Grand Junction Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-18	LAX86FA120	Cessna 172M N9253H	Carlsbad California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-18	MKC86LA060	Beech N35 N9398Y	Hot Springs Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-17	DEN86FA077	Cessna P210N N5196W	Dulce New Mexico	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-17	FTW86LQG08	Amateur-built GLAS AIR SH2R N9660N	Ranger Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-17	MIA86FA080	Piper PA-31-310 N7EA	Moore Haven Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-17	MKC86LA061	Schweizer G164-B N3630K	Colt Arkansas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-16	ATL86LA075	Beech V35B N11JK	Lake Lure North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-16	ATL86LA076	Piper J3L-65 N30233	Sevierville Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-16	CHI86LA087	Cessna 340A N2743Y	Wheeling Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-16	CHI86LA088	Cessna 340A N8663K	Frankfort Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-16	LAX86LA123	Globe SWIFT GC-1B N80561	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-16	NYC86LA075	Cessna 182M N71770	Indiana Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	ANC86LA029	Cessna 185 N70308	Mccarthy Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	MIA86LA077	Cessna 152 N772WA	Ft. Pierce Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	MIA86LA078	Cessna 172F N8886U	Clewiston Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	MIA86LA079	Beech 55 N163Q	Ft. Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	MKC86FA059	Swearingen SA226TC N252AM	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-15	NYC86FA076	Lockheed L-1011-385-1 N309EA	Jamaica New York	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-02-14	CHI86LA086	Cessna 172N N5466D	St. Cloud Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-14	DEN86LA078	Cessna 182 N219M	Wray Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-14	MIA86FA076	Cessna 340A N1923E	Dania Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-13	ATL86FA074	Cessna 303 N4877V	Shippenville Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-13	LAX86LA119	Beech E18S N30Y	Kalaupapa Hawaii	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-13	MIA86IA075 incident	Piper PA-31-1020 N41703	Panama City Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	ATL86FLQ05	Beech H-18 N148PA	Louisville Kentucky	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	CHI86LA089	Beech 95-B55 N5841S	Muncie Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	LAX86LA117	Cessna 172P N55386	Ontario California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	MIA86LA074	Hughes 269C N58275	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	NYC86LA074	Universal Aircraft Industries GC-1B +1 more N80827	Farmingdale New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	SEA86LA057	Cessna 172 N739UW	Renton Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-12	SEA86LA059	Alon A2 N5632F	Woodburn Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-11	ANC86MA027	Cessna 207 N9468M	Nome Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-11	ATL86LA073	Cessna U206B N3403L	Columbia Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-11	SEA86FA056	Mcdonnell Douglas 369D N609PD	Cougar Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-10	CHI86LA084	Cessna 207 N18SA	Milwaukee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-10	LAX86LA110	Piper PA-23-250 N5300Y	San Francisco California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-10	LAX86LUQ02	Amateur-built VARIEZE N36RJ	Los Almos California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-10	MIA86WA073	Piper PA-32R-300 N8475F	Darby Island Burkina Faso	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.