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
1985-02-28	LAX85FA160	Beech 76 N6705T	Shafter California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	LAX85LA158	Piper PA-18-180 N4363Z	Fremont California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-28	MIA85FA106	Amateur-built AA-5 N9228L	Horseshoe Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-28	MIA85LA111	Piper PA-32R N120DG	W. Palm Beach Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	CHI85LA124	Beech A36 N1816M	Traverse City Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	CHI85LA126	Piper PA-23-250 N54815	Markesan Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	FTW85LA129	Amateur-built EXEC N3071	Bethany Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	LAX85LA157	Piper PA-32RT-300T N21780	Apple Valley California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	MKC85LA064	Cessna 177B N18664	Lee'S Summit Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-27	NYC85LA082	Piper PA-22-108 N66RA	Reading Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-26	CHI85LA125	Cessna 152 N5394M	Frankton Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-26	FTW85LA128	Cessna 205 N1868Z	College Station Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-26	LAX85FA156	Cessna 152 N714WJ	Newport Beach California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-26	MIA85FA105	Cessna 210 N6803B	Jacksonville Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-26	MKC85FA062	Piper PA-31P N404RS	Sunset Hills Missouri	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-25	CHI85LA123	Piper PA-28-180 N15652	Ephriam Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	DEN85LA085	Piper PA-18 N8676C	Polson Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	DEN85LA086	Cessna 210 N9795X	Fort Bridger Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	DEN85LA087	Cessna 180 N17RK	Lapoint Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	FTW85LA126	Cessna 150J N61243	Broken Bow Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	FTW85LA182	Piper PA-28-112 N9769T	Pearland Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-25	LAX85LA153	Barnes FF-8-24 N3608C	Scottsdale Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-25	LAX85LA154	Cessna 421 N64JK	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-25	LAX85LA155	Robinson R-22A N85550	Santa Barbara California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-24	BFO85LA018	Cessna 152 N4599L	Manassas Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-24	DEN85FTI02	Amateur-built PITTS S1U N155LB	Fort Benton Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-24	FTW85LA125	Taylorcraft BC12-65 N47665	Boerne Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-24	FTW85LA127	Amateur-built T-18 N40HB	Ada Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-24	NYC85LA070	Cessna 182 N1966X	Medford New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-24	NYC85LA072	Cessna 152 N757BS	Hudson New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-24	SEA85LA066	Cessna TU206F N1539U	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-23	CHI85FA120	Piper PA-31T N100RN	Utica Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	CHI85FA121	Mooney M20K N231GX	Coldwater Ohio	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85FA101	Mooney M20D N5588Q	Punta Gorda Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85FA102	Globe SWIFT GC-1B N1ZF	Rockledge Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85LA103	Cessna 182M N71837	Davie Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-23	MIA85LA104	Amateur-built RUTAN LONG EZ N83CR	Hollywood Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-23	SEA85LA063	Taylorcraft F19 N3710T	Gaston Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-23	SEA85LA064	Amateur-built POBER PIXIE N263LT	Nampa Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-22	ATL85FMG01	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N5275U	Morrisville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	DEN85FA084	Taylorcraft BC-65 N26580	Chinook Montana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	FTW85FA123	Piper PA-601P N60817	Bentonville Arkansas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	LAX85FA150	Amateur-built ARESTIA GANADOR N2JM	Marana Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-22	LAX85LA151	Champion 7GC N4846E	Yuba City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	ATL85LA102	Piper PA-22-150 N1613P	Lawrenceville Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	CHI85LA119	Beech N35 N1500U	Athens Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	MKC85FCQ01	Beech 95-B55 N617CA	Hutchinson Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	NYC85LA016	Cessna 150 N3912V	Jeannette Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	NYC85LA069	Piper PA-28-161 N8318L	Beaver Falls Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-21	NYC85LA071	Piper PA-38-112 N2317N	Beaver Falls Pennsylvania	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.