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
1986-01-15	ATL86LA056	Cessna 152 N6235Q	Conway South Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-15	FTW86LRA04	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8805M	Bremond Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-15	MKC86LA052	Piper PA-28-180 N7013W	Columbia Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-15	SEA86FYA01	World Wide Industries SPIT FIRE #2 UNREG	Caldwell Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-15	SEA86LA040	Cessna 501 N414CB	North Bend Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-14	CHI86LA065	Cessna 152 N95636	Warren Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-14	CHI86LA066	Cessna 150G N2495J	Pelican Rapids Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-14	SEA86LA038	Cessna 150-M N714AQ	Mead Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	DEN86LA064	Cessna 172P N51238	Fargo North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	FTW86FA034	Piper PA-28-140 N5655U	Deville Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-13	LAX86LA090	Cessna 402B N53SA	Kalaupapa Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	MIA86FA059	Cessna 150M N714AY	Summerfield Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-13	MKC86LA049	Cessna 150B N7381X	Gove Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	MKC86LA051	Beech V35 N376B	Bassett Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	NYC86LA060	Cessna 152 N68214	Caldwell New Jersey	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-13	NYC86LA061	Bell 47J2A N888EN	Atkinson New Hampshire	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-12	FTW86FQG05	Piper PA-24-260 N9183P	Big Spring Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-12	MIA86LA058	Mooney M20F N9326V	Gainesville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-12	MKC86LA050	Cessna 172 N8036B	Des Moines Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-12	NYC86LA059	Cessna 152 N49653	Bennington Vermont	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	CHI86LA061	Piper PA-22-150 N3003Z	Mount Gilead Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	CHI86LA062	Navion A N4000G	Cincinnati Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	CHI86LA064	Piper PA-28-236 N8470H	Schaumburg Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	DEN86FA060	Cessna 152 N757ZE	Salt Lake City Utah	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	DEN86MA061	Cessna 425 N425SC	Granby Colorado	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-11	FTW86FPA14	Piper PA-32-300T N82072	Saginaw Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	LAX86LA086	Taylorcraft BC12-D N95009	Buckeye Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	LAX86LA088	Cessna 172N N733ZF	San Jose California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	MKC86FPG01	Beech F33A N20537	West Memphis Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-11	SEA86LA037	Cessna 150-L N6989G	Gig Harbor Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-10	LAX86LA087	Cessna 182H N8535S	Crown King Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-10	MIA86MA057	Piper PA-31T N700CM	Jacksonville Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-10	MKC86FA048	Cessna 182A N3948D	Clinton Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-10	NYC86LA066	Cessna 152 N6267Q	Plainville Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-09	ATL86IA054 incident	Boeing 727-232 N403DA	Memphis Tennessee	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-01-09	FTW86LRD05	Bell BH206L-1 N2653	Gulf of Mexico Louisiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-09	LAX86FA085	Beech D-50 N666GK	Santa Rosa California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-09	LAX86FA089	Cessna 172N N2113E	Grand Canyon Arizona	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-09	MKC86LA047	Piper PA-32R-300 N38127	Lawrence Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-08	ATL86LA053	Hughes 269A N8866F	Brewton Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-08	CHI86LA063	Cessna 150H N50255	Charlotte Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-08	LAX86FA084	Piper PA-28-181 N8283T	Livermore California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-08	LAX86LA083	Cessna 150M N63660	Ukiah California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-07	ATL86LA050	Piper PA-30 N47KB	Charlotte North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-07	FTW86FA033	Bell 206B N520EH	Port O'Connor Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-01-07	FTW86LPJ06	Aerospatiale SA319B N67102	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-07	MKC86LA046	Cessna 177A N30535	Sidney Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-07	NYC86LA058	Piper PA-28R-200 N1468X	Boston Massachusetts	serious injuries	Preliminary
1986-01-06	BFO86FA012	Cessna R182 N6375T	Leesburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-01-06	CHI86LA060	Cessna 172M N8521X	Anderson Indiana	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.