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
1985-10-28	MIA86IA022 incident	Cessna 402B N98685	St. Thomas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-28	MIA86LA021	Mooney M20C N79386	Starke Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	ANC86LA006	Cessna 182L N3339R	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	ATL86MA011	Beech 58P N583AM	Forsyth Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-27	CHI86FA017	Bell 47G-5 N7840S	Plainfield Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-27	LAX86FA024	Champion 7ECA N7547F	Seal Beach California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	LAX86LA027	Cessna 172P N98954	Fullerton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	LAX86LA028	Amateur-built CASSUTT SH-1 N4975M	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	MIA86LA020	Cessna 172F N5219F	Fort Walton Bch Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	NYC86FA023	Cessna 172N N734PX	Rochester New Hampshire	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-27	NYC86LA022	Cessna 152 N69127	Bangor Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-27	NYC86LA024	Piper PA-38-112 N2561P	Norwood Massachusetts	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-26	ANC86LAG04	Cessna 177 N300WC	Soldotna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	CHI86LA019	Cessna 150 +1 more N10769	Clinton Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	CHI86LA020	Cessna 150L N7447G	Ashland Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	FTW86IA020 incident	Lockheed L-1011-385-1 N714DA	Dallas/Ft.Worth Texas	minor injuries	Preliminary
1985-10-26	FTW86LPA01	Cessna 150M N704MA	Arlington Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	MIA86LA019	Beech G35 N4275D	Destin Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	MKC86FCA01	Bede Aircraft BD-5B N548BD	Cape Girardeau Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-26	NYC86LA020	Piper PA-15 N4499H	Lee Center New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-26	NYC86LA021	Cessna 150 N60563	Freeport Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	ATL86LA015	Cessna 152 N757MC	Marietta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	DEN86LA014	Globe GC-1B N90333	Albuquerque New Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	FTW86LPJ01	Cessna 172 N6069E	Kremlin Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	FTW86LQG01	Piper PA-36-300 N3671E	Fluvanna Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	LAX86FA025	Cessna 182P +1 more N7371S	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	LAX86LA026	Amateur-built AA-5A N26714	Flagstaff Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MIA86IA017 incident	Cessna 402C N67876	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MIA86IA018 incident	Amateur-built AA-5 N9558L	Live Oak Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MKC86FA017	Amateur-built CASSUTT 111M N4AS	Plattsburg Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MKC86LA015	Mooney MK21 N3399X	Warren Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MKC86LA016	Bellanca 7AC N467AC	Ogallala Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	MKC86LA019	Piper PA-28-161 N47734	Weeping Water Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-25	NYC86FA017	Schweizer SGS-1-35C N2565H	North Conway New Hampshire	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-25	NYC86LA025	Cessna 172N N5486D	Great Valley New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-24	CHI86LA015	Cessna 152 N4965Q	Cahokia Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-24	CHI86LA016	Beech A23.19 N5666S	Decatur Indiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-24	FTW86FA019	Amateur-built AA-5B N28228	Ozona Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-24	FTW86MA018	Bell 222UT N3194M	East Cameron	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-24	LAX86IA021 incident	Boeing 727-200 N6815A	Oakland California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-10-24	LAX86LA023	Piper J3 N33461	Green Valley Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-24	NYC86IA019 incident	Fokker F-28 +1 more N510	Flushing New York	no injuries	Preliminary
1985-10-24	NYC86LA018	Beech BE-95-100 N3668P	Grove City Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-23	ATL86FA010	Piper PA-34-220T N8132L	Hamilton Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-23	ATL86FLQ03	Piper PA-28RT-201T N8277Y	Hopkinsvile Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-23	CHI86LA014	Piper PA-22-150 N6859P	Toronto Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-23	DEN86LA013	Cessna 170B N170CE	Coloradosprings Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-23	FTW86LRG01	Bell 206B N376EH	Port O'Conner Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-23	NYC86FA027	Piper PA-23-250 N54264	Landisburg Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-10-23	NYC86LA026	Cessna 185 N8475Q	Block Island Rhode Island	minor injuries destroyed	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.