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
1986-11-02	LAX87DUG01	Aero Commander 520 N70FM	Lucerne Valley California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-11-02	LAX87LA032	Learjet 24 N711TJ	Lake Tahoe California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-02	SEA87LA016	Piper PA-24-400 N8419P	Oregon City Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	ATL87LA014	Boeing B-75-N1 N220SS	Columbus Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	BFO87FA006	Piper PA-28-140 N5897U	Bloomington Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	FTW87DPJ01	Snow AT-301 N7309D	Hennessey Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	FTW87FA007	Bell 206B N5741K	Mustang Island	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	FTW87LA011	Cessna 182Q N97814	Plainview Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	FTW87LA012	Beech P-35 N8532M	Clarendon Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-11-01	LAX87LA031	Luscombe 8A N71745	Half Moon Bay California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	MIA87FA019	Cessna 210 N6123U	Jacksonville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-01	MIA87FA020	Amateur-built MM-1 N3059	New Smyrna Bch Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-11-01	NYC87LA029	Beech 19 N6552R	Selkirk New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-31	ATL87LA013	Piper PA-38-112 N2373G	Winston-Salem North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	CHI87LA013	Piper PA-28-236 N3066T	Harrisburg Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	LAX87FA028	Fairchild Swearingen SA-226TC N137WW	Santa Barbara California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	LAX87IA029 incident	British Aerospace BAE 146-200 N363PS	Santa Ana California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	LAX87LA030	Piper PA-31-350 N33WH	Eleele Kauai Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	MIA87LA018	Piper PA-28-181 N8969C	Ft. Pierce Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-31	NYC87LA028	Cessna 152 N758YR	Linden New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-30	CHI87DEM03	Amateur-built 3A N3782W	Gowen Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-30	DEN87FA011	Cessna 172P N65184	Gallup New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-30	MIA87LA016	Piper PA-28 N242FT	Melbourne Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-30	MIA87LA017	Cessna 152 N93588	Boca Raton Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-30	MKC87LA011	Grumman G164B N6608Q	Memphis Missouri	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-30	NYC87FA027	Piper PA-31-325 +1 more N200GG	Mansfield Massachusetts	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-29	DEN87FA046	Piper PA-24-250 N8323P	Leyba New Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-29	FTW87LA010	Piper PA-28-161 N8289N	Lake Dallas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-29	FTW87LA013	Cessna 182J N2602F	England Afb Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-29	LAX87IA027 incident	Boeing 727-222 +1 more N7255U	Los Angeles California	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-10-29	MIA87FA015	Amateur-built DHC-3 N778L	San Juan Puerto Rico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-29	NYC87FA025	Bell 206B N52EG	Brattleboro Vermont	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-29	NYC87LA026	Cessna U206F N9585G	Marshfiled Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-28	ATL87FA012	Piper PA-32-260 N3285W	Lawrenceville Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-28	CHI87LA011	Cessna U206F N1803Q	Grand Ledge Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-28	FTW87LA009	Piper PA-28-140 N1325T	Pollok Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-28	LAX87DJA01	Murrayair MA-1 N306MA	Hilo Hawaii	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-28	MIA87FA013	Grumman G-73 N604SS	St. Croix	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-28	MIA87LA014	Cessna 172P N63328	Pompano Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-27	DEN87LA010	Cessna 172M N9051H	Richardton North Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-27	MKC87LA010	Cessna 185 N5195H	Oakley Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-27	SEA87LA015	Mooney M20D N6625U	Hillsboro Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-26	ATL87LA011	Hughes 269B N9372F	Danville Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-26	BFO87FA004	Piper PA-28R-200 N4347X	Mount Pleasant Maryland	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-26	DCA87AA006	Boeing 737-222 N752N	Charlotte North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-26	SEA87FA014	Piper PA-38 N2565P	Port Townsend Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-25	CHI87FA012	Piper PA-18-150 N4875A	Int'L Falls Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-25	NYC87DFA01	Cessna 150M N3030V	Oriskany New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-24	ANC87LA010	Taylorcraft BC-12D N95248	Unalakleet Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-24	BFO87LA005	Robinson R22B N24684	Harborton Virginia	serious 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.