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
1985-02-16	SEA85LYE01	Luscombe 8A N28833	Cheney Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-15	DEN85LA082	Cessna 152 N24950	Kalispell Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-15	LAX85FJA03	Hughes 369D N58395	Hilo Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-15	LAX85LA141	Bellanca 14-13-2 N74315	Corona California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-14	ANC85FA047	Piper PA-31 N63719	Port Heiden Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	LAX85FJA04	Cessna 152 N89246	Laupahoehoe Hawaii	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	LAX85LA140	Cessna 177RG N2180Q	Ukiah California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-14	MIA85FA097	Piper PA-23 N3163P	Everglades City Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	MKC85IA057 incident	Swearingen SA-226-TC N328BA	Berkeley Missouri	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-02-14	NYC85FA064	Beech G90 N2019U	St. Mary'S Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-14	NYC85LA065	Piper PA-28-180 N8274W	E.Milford New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-13	LAX85LA138	Beech BE-18 N81DA	Santa Maria California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-13	MIA85LA096	Cessna 150 N2316O	Westville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-12	ATL85FA097	Beech H18 N18AW	Cartersville Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-12	ATL85IA096 incident	British Aerospace BAE 3101 JETSTREAM N401MX	Macon Georgia	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-02-12	FTW85FA117	Piper PA-32RT-300 +1 more N39516	Healdton Oklahoma	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-12	NYC85FGT01	Cessna 335 N6821C	Barrville Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-11	ATL85LA095	Beech 58 N912L	Natchez Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-11	CHI85IA118 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 N978Z	Champaign Illinois	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-02-11	CHI85LA106	Cessna 150D N4267U	Siren Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-11	DEN85FA075	Cessna 421C N6866K	Albuquerque New Mexico	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-11	DEN85LA076	Piper PA-18 N3777P	Thompson Falls Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-11	MIA85LA094	Maule M-5-235C N9207E	Ft.Lauderdale Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	ATL85LA093	Beech A36 N6088S	New Albany Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	BFO85LA016	Cessna 152-II N68192	Ocean City Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	CHI85FA104	Mooney M20C N2961L	Portsmouth Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-10	FTW85LA114	Cessna 172E N3818S	Hobart Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	LAX85LA135	Beech 65 N212Y	Camarillo California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	MIA85LA091	Schweizer G-164A N3630D	Panama City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	MIA85LA092	Piper J3C-65 N92668	St.Augustine Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	MIA85LA093	Amateur-built S-P N5587X	Immokalee Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-10	SEA85LA057	Cessna 172 N3056V	Boise Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	ATL85FA090	Cessna 152 N5317Q	Acworth Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	ATL85LA092	Beech 95-C55 N211DS	Charleston South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	ATL85LA094	Champion 7FC N7507E	Louisville Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	CHI85LA103	Cessna 337G N1894M	Peoria Illinois	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-09	CHI85LA105	Cessna 172RG N6464R	Lawrenceville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	LAX85FA137	Piper PA-24-250 N8898	Corona California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-09	MIA85LA095	Cessna 411A N222CW	Merritt Island Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-09	NYC85LA061	Piper PA-28-200 CGDVM	Malone New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-09	SEA85FA056	Gulfstream AC-680F N233W	Central Point Oregon	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-09	SEA85LA055	Beech 58TC N6588S	Spokane Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	ANC85LA045	Piper PA-11 N4523M	Soldotna Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	ATL85LA091	Beech 58 N112TC	Holly Springs Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	CHI85LA102	Cessna 421C N5484G	Bay City Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	DEN85LA077	Cessna 152 N94703	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	FTW85LA115	Cessna 172K N79043	Mccoy Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-08	MKC85LA056	Piper PA-31 N27743	Bentonville Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-07	ANC85LA046	Cessna 207A N7329U	Koyuk Alaska	fatal minor damage	Preliminary
1985-02-07	MIA85LA090	Piper PA-28R-200 N8591N	Merritt Island Florida	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.