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
1985-02-06	BFO85LA015	Piper PA-31-350 N3528U	Lynchburg Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-06	DCA85AA013	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15 N926AX	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-06	DEN85FA074	Beech BE-23-24 N5781V	Eureka Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	FTW85FA112	Cessna 402B N5780M	Altus Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	LAX85FA136	Hughes 369D N369LA	Hilo Hawaii	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-06	LAX85LA134	Amateur-built QUICKIE 02 N3258P	Camarillo California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-06	NYC85IA062 incident	Beech BE-99 N200TC	Putnam Connecticut	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-02-06	NYC85IA063 incident	Casa SAC-212-200 N296CA	Atlantic City New Jersey	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-02-05	ATL85FA089	Douglas DC-3 N28BA	Charlotte North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-05	SEA85LA054	Cessna 182-F N3559Y	Ashland Oregon	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-04	BFO85LA014	Piper PA-24-250 N5682P	Chantilly Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-04	DCA85AA012	Beech 65-A80 N50NP	Soldotna Alaska	9 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-04	FTW85LA111	Aerospatiale AS 355F-1 N5796A	Sabine Pass Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-04	LAX85LA133	Piper PA-32-300 N30069	Big Bear California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-04	SEA85LA053	Hughes 369D N8306F	Taholah Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-03	FTW85LA108	Cessna 182A N2222G	Covington Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-03	FTW85LA116	Beech C-35 N5821X	Sheffield Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-03	LAX85FA132	Hiller UH12E N5323V	Five Points California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-03	MIA85FA089	Piper PA-23-250 N5103Y	Key Largo Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-03	NYC85FHA02	Cessna 182N N91636	Manville New Jersey	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-03	SEA85LA052 incident	Cessna 337B N2321S	Ontario Oregon	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-02-02	ATL85LA088	Cessna 150F N8572G	Hartford Tennessee	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-02	FTW85LA110	Swearingen SA-226T N20QN	Shreveport Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-02	FTW85LA113	Cessna 152 N68422	Corsicana Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-02	NYC85FA059	Beech A100 N72BS	Cedarville New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-02	NYC85FA060	Piper PA-31-350 N27522	Whitefield New Hampshire	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-01	ANC85LA187	Cessna 210 N6554X	Sparrevohn Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	ATL85LA086	Beech E18S N95HA	Huntington West Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	ATL85LA087	Beech B-80 N640K	Newbern North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	DEN85LA073	Cessna 180A CFCBT	Sioux South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	FTW85LA109	Rockwell S-2R (THRUSH) N8418V	Stockdale Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-01	LAX85FA131	Piper PA-28-161 N8345Y	Woodside California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-01	MKC85LA053	Cessna A152 N4781A	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-31	ANC85LA043	Cessna U206G N410WR	Unalakleet Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-31	ATL85FA085	Beech B-50 N3669B	Edgewood Kentucky	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-31	CHI85IA101 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N8959E	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-01-31	CHI85MA100	Swearingen SA-227 N568UP	London Kentucky	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-31	FTW85LA107	Cessna A185F N53064	Belle Chase Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-31	LAX85FA128	Cessna 182C N9018T	Apple Valley California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-31	LAX85FA130	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2129G	Bishop California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-31	NYC85FA057	Cessna 414 N1994G	Sadsburyville Pennsylvania	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-30	ATL85LA084	Beech BE-35 N9528R	Andrews Murphy North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-30	FTW85FA104	Piper PA-34-220T N8204A	Victoria Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-30	LAX85FA126	Aerospatiale SA316B N67081	Galt California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-30	LAX85FJA01	Emair MA-1 N9924M	Paanilo Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-30	LAX85LA127	Helio H-295 N269E	Lower Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-30	NYC85LA058	Luscombe 8A N1907B	Silver Lake Maine	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-29	ATL85MA083	Lockheed 188C N854U	Dobbins Afb Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-29	DEN85LA072	Beech J35 N615Q	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-29	MKC85LA052	Cessna 150F N8127F	Ottawa Kansas	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.