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
1986-10-24	CHI87LA014	Beech V35A N8360N	La Pointe Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-24	DEN87LA009	Cessna TU206G N6277Z	Greybull Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-24	FTW87LA008	Hughes 269C N8970F	Monahans Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-24	LAX87LA026	Cessna 172 CGZWK	Weed California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-23	ANC87FA009	Artic Aircraft Corp. PRIVATEER S4 N67H	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-23	CHI87FA009	Cessna 441 N241FW	West Chicago Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-23	CHI87FA010	Beech 58 N7305R	Chicago Illinois	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-23	DEN87FA008	Mooney M20B N74739	Buffalo Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-23	LAX87LA025	Piper PA-28RT-201T N2853X	Madera California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	ANC87LA008	Hughes 300-269B N9332F	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	ATL87FA010	Cessna 152 II N5083L	Pembroke Kentucky	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-22	CHI87LA006	Cessna 120 N2896N	Decatur Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	CHI87LA008	Cessna 177 N3436T	Waukesha Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	DEN87FA007	Piper PA-24-250 N8271P	Crosby North Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-22	LAX87LA023	Cessna 152 N67752	Scottsdale Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	LAX87LA024	Cessna 182M N91797	Gila Bend Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	MIA87LA012	Ayres SR-2-600 N4011S	Glen Allan Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-22	NYC87MA024	Enstrom F-28F N8617B	Manhattan New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-22	SEA87LA013	Cessna 180K N64212	Burlington Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-21	ANC87LA006	Amateur-built SC7 N406TH	Nightmute Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-21	ANC87LA007	Interstate S-1B1 N46243	Eureka Creek Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-21	ATL87FKG01	Amateur-built RAND KR-2 N47JJ	Kennesaw Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-21	CHI87LA007	Beech BE-23 N6997Q	Lake Village Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-21	MKC87DCA01	Cessna C-152 N89813	Fredericktown Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-21	NYC87LA044	Centrair 101A N40KG	Julian Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-20	ATL87FA007	Piper PA-32R-300 N5260F	Nashville Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-20	ATL87FA009	Bell 206B III N2204Z	Nashville Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-20	CHI87DEM02	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N4463L	Lansing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-20	LAX87LA022	Piper PA-22-160 N9206D	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-20	NYC87FA023	Cessna R172K N7526V	Rockwood Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-19	ANC87LA005	Taylorcraft BC-12D N39146	Chickaloon Flat Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	ATL87DEG01	Cessna T210N N6567Y	Cleves Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	ATL87FA006	Cessna 140A +1 more N9612A	Hamilton Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	CHI87DEM01	Brown ACRO SPORT II N3045E	Grand Haven Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-19	CHI87LA005	Cessna 152 N69223	Galesburg Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	FTW87LA006	Cessna 177 N29589	Jacksboro Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	LAX87LA021	Cessna 172C N8449X	Michigan Bar California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	MKC87DCQ01	Amateur-built QUICKIE N3241N	Harper Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-19	MKC87LA009	Cessna 501 N2BT	Little Rock Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-19	NYC87LA007	Cessna 172N N5094K	Port Matilda Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	ANC87LA004	Piper PA-18-150 N1123	King Salmon Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	LAX87LA019	Lake LA4-180 N1118L	Folsom California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	LAX87LA020	Cessna 150L N18737	Pacoima California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	MIA87IA011 incident	Cessna 310R N2638N	West Palm Beach Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	MKC87LA008	Luscombe 8E N1690K	Macon Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-18	NYC87FA021	Piper PA-28-235 N33808	Jamestown New York	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-18	NYC87FA022	Amateur-built 112 N1207J	Beekman New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-17	ATL87LA008	Beech C23 N5162M	Middlefield Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-10-17	LAX87MA018	Cessna 172N N1048F	Altadena California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-10-17	MKC87IA007 incident	Swearingen SA-226-TC N251AM	Springfield Missouri	no injuries minor 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.