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
1985-01-19	SEA85LA047	Maule M-5-235C N6176M	Wenatchee Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	ATL85LA080	Cessna 310Q N69938	Beaver West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	CHI85LA089	Beech 58P N58PC	Grand Rapids Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	FTW85LA097	Cessna 182A N5162D	Wichita Falls Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	LAX85FA115	Bell 205A-1 N830V	Newhall California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-18	LAX85LA114	Cessna 172E N3820S	San Carlos Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	MIA85LA083	Bell 206L-1 N5736K	Loiza Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-18	MKC85LA054	Piper PA-20 N5590H	Wa Keeney Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-17	ATL85FA079	Cessna 340 N4124Q	Johnson City Tennessee	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-17	BFO85FA013	Aerospatiale SA 360C N42CP	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-17	CHI85LA092	Beech BE-58 N4098S	Lafayette Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-17	DEN85IA065 incident	Boeing 727-224 N79748	Flushing New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-01-17	MIA85LA082	Piper PA-31-350 N70CZ	Key West Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-16	ANC85FA095	Cessna 207 N1618U	Port Alsworth Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	LAX85FA111	Beech C24R N6020P	Riverside California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	LAX85LA112	Hughes 369D N58399	Kahului,Maui Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	MIA85FA081	Cessna 210M N6164N	Stuart Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	MKC85LA048	Raven RALLY RX7 N55582	Davenport Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	NYC85LA054	Cessna 152II N5497P	Franklin Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-16	SEA85LA042	Cessna T210M N6475B	Troutdale Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-15	DEN85LA063	Cessna 150 N1416Q	Missoula Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-15	MIA85LA079	Piper PA-32-300 N1496X	Floridana Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	ANC85LA044	Amateur-built DHC-2 N62LC	Mcgrath Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	CHI85IA091 incident	Beech H-18 N135W	Dayton Ohio	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	DEN85LA064	Cessna 182Q N759WB	Wapiti Wyoming	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-14	FTW85LA096	Beech V35B N6735T	Amarillo Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	LAX85LA109	Cessna 177 N3279T	Fullerton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	MIA85LA080	Cessna 182E N9383X	Ft Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-14	MIA85LAMS2	Cessna 337 N505CX	Atlantic Ocean Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-14	SEA85FA043	Piper PA-28-140D N679FL	Kent Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-14	SEA85LA044	Bellanca 7ECA N996MP	Deer Park Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	CHI85LA088	Piper PA-28-161 N8444D	Troy Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	DEN85LA078	Raven S55A N81DS	Littleton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	LAX85LA107	Piper PA-38-112 N9755T	Compton California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-13	LAX85LA110	Waco YKC N14000	Placerville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	MKC85LA047	Cessna 172N N5649E	Vermillion Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	MKC85LA049	Cessna 150A N7025X	Independence Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-13	SEA85FA040	Bell 206BIII N3185Z	Yerington Nevada	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-12	ATL85LA078	Cessna 182C N9904T	Batesville Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-12	CHI85LA087	Cessna 150L N10543	Central Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-12	LAX85FA106	Cessna 177B N34212	El Monte California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-12	LAX85LA108	Cessna T210L N4691Q	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-12	MIA85LA078	Piper J3C-65 N70673	St.Petersburg Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-12	NYC85LA051	Beech B58 N17824	New Bedford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-11	ANC85LA039	Cessna C-207 N7396U	Nome Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-11	LAX85LA105	Bell 204 N99021	Snelling California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-11	MIA85FA077	Beech A36TC N3872D	Boca Raton Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-10	ANC85FA036	Bell 206BIII N59619	Kenai Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-01-10	ANC85LA037	Piper PA-18 N1827A	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-01-10	CHI85LA085	Piper PA-32-301 N83187	Wheeling Illinois	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.