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
1986-02-09	ANC86LA026	Piper PA-28-235 N7071C	Mcgrath Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	ANC86LA028	Cessna 182-A N3813D	Merrill Pass Alaska	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-09	ATL86LA070	Cessna 210 N4981U	Alma Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	ATL86LA071	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N3773F	Columbia South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	ATL86LA072	Piper PA-28-181 N39663	Charleston South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	CHI86LA085	Cessna 401B N777CS	Milwaukee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	LAX86LA109	Cessna 172M N1507V	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-09	SEA86FA054	Cessna 172N N738XX	Renton Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-08	BFO86FA015	Piper PA-32-260 N9477C	Lynchburg Virginia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-08	DCA86IA017 incident	Boeing 727-223 N871AA	Harlingen Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-02-08	DEN86FA076	Cessna T-210M N210TA	Albuquerque New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-08	FTW86LA044	Robinson R-22 N8557K	Mcalester Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-08	LAX86FA114	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 N45105	Middletown California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-08	LAX86LA111	Piper PA-28-140 N9974W	Joshua Tree California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-08	LAX86LA115	Cessna 140 N89447	Rancho Murieta California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-08	LAX86LA116	Cessna 182M N91614	Healdsburg California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-08	LAX86LA118	Mitsubishi MU-300 N14DM	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-07	ANC86LA024	Piper PA-18 N4431Z	Wasilla Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-07	ANC86LA025	Amateur-built DHC-6 N204EH	Mekoryuk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-07	LAX86FA107	Piper PA-28-181 N8338N	Fort Bragg California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-07	LAX86LA108	Cessna 152 N95139	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-07	LAX86LA112	Cessna TU206G N5340X	Flagstaff Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-07	LAX86LA113	Hiller UH-12E N62421	Lodi California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-06	CHI86IA083 incident	Boeing 727-22 N7059U	Chicago Illinois	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-02-06	DEN86FA075	Piper PA-34-200 N55654	Bismarck North Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-05	CHI86LA082	Cessna 340R N3849G	Galesburg Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-05	MIA86IA072 incident	Boeing 727-225 N812EA	New York New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-02-05	MKC86IA058 incident	Saab-Fairchild SF340 N342AM	St. Louis Missouri	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-02-04	ATL86LA069	Hughes 269B N9374F	Council North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-04	MIA86FA071	Cessna 401 N900PC	Parkland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-04	NYC86LA072	Cessna 150 N6007G	Naugatuck Connecticut	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-04	SEA86FA053	Cessna 172XP N736HV	Napa California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-04	SEA86IA058 incident	Cessna T210 N5205A	Roche Harbor Washington	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-02-03	FTW86FRA09	Cessna 172P N52768	Lake Jackson Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-03	LAX86FA106	Bell 206B N3193T	Young Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-03	LAX86LA104	Pitts S-1 N7JB	Julian California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-03	MKC86LA147	Piper PA-32-300 N56685	West Alton Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-03	NYC86LA070	Piper PA-42-720 N777YP	Rochester New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-03	NYC86LA071	Mooney M20J N1144P	Johnstown Pennsylvania	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-02	ATL86FKG06	Amateur-built MUSTANG II N32RH	Brownsboro Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-02	CHI86LA081	Cessna 150M N2942V	Marengo Ohio	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-02	DEN86FA070	Cessna 152 N46193	Berthoud Colorado	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-02	DEN86FA071	Cessna 180 N2874K	Kalispell Montana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-02	DEN86LA074	Cessna T210M N761JP	Truth Or Conseq New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-02	MIA86IA069 incident	Piper PA-60 N9784Q	Folkston Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-02-02	MIA86LA070	Let L-13 N26TS	Brooksville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-02	MKC86FCQ01	Amateur-built SONERAI II N23BK	Sedgwick Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-01	ATL86LA067	Cessna 152 N25350	Lumberton North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-02-01	ATL86LA068	Cessna 172P N52238	Alexander City Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-01	DEN86LA072	Piper PA-18-150 N4238Z	Afton Wyoming	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.