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
1986-12-31	NYC87FAMS1	Cessna 310 N5462J	Hamburg New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-31	NYC87LA055	Cessna 150 N9195U	Yorktown Hgts New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-31	SEA87LA040	Piper PA-32-300 N4116R	Gates Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-30	CHI87DEP04	Mooney M20F N9627M	Greenwood Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-30	CHI87FA058	Piper PA-31T N74NL	Merrillville Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-30	CHI87FA060	Cessna 150L N6965G	Lakeview Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-30	CHI87LA059	Cessna 172H N3220L	Mosinee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-30	FTW87FA041	American Aviation Corp. (Aac) AA-1A N9493L	Robertson Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-30	MIA87LA063	Fokker F28 MK4000 N510	West Palm Bch Florida	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-30	NYC87LA054	Cessna 152 N94336	Fairfax Vermont	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-29	CHI87FA057	Piper PA-32-301 N8281Y	Wheeling Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-29	DEN87FA036	Piper PA-28-140 N4388X	Rawlins Wyoming	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-29	DEN87FA038	Cessna 172N N5153K	Central Utah	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-29	NYC87DNE01	Amateur-built WHITEHEAD #21 N1901G	Stratford Connecticut	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-29	SEA87LA039	Hughes 269 N9365F	Matlock Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-28	ATL87FA051	Beech 35-33 N210M	Blountville Tennessee	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-28	FTW87DRD02	Cessna A-188-B N49220	Ft.Polk Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-28	NYC87LA052	Taylorcraft BC12-D N43239	Broadalbin New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	ATL87DEG02	Cessna 150H N7190S	Harrison Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	ATL87LA050	Piper PA-28-181 N8389C	High Point North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	CHI87LA055	Piper J3C-65 N37926	Harrison Twp. Wisconsin	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-27	DEN87FA035	Piper PA-12-150 N78475	Gilcrest Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-27	FTW87LA038	Cessna 150 N5788E	Loreauville Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	LAX87FA069	Beech E-55 N111FC	East Palo Alto California	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-27	LAX87FA071	Piper PA-28R-201 N50U	Gorman California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-27	LAX87LA070	Raven S55A/AX7 N5561P	Peoria Arizona	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	MIA87FA062	Piper PA-34 N84136	Ft. Lauderdale Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-27	MIA87WA061	Cessna 402 S/N 402B1031 N11RP	Treasure Cay Burkina Faso	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	NYC87DNC04	Taylorcraft BC12D N95575	West Farmington Maine	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	NYC87LA056	Piper PA-28-181 N8720C	Leominster Massachusetts	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-27	SEA87LA042	Cessna 150L N11537	Lebanon Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-26	CHI87LA056	Piper PA-38-112 N4325E	Madison Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-26	DEN87FA037	Piper PA-18-150 N6712L	Lewistown Montana	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-26	FTW87FA037	Cessna 150L N18227	Altus Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-26	LAX87MA068	Piper PA-28-181 +1 more N7646F	Long Beach California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-26	MIA87LA059	Piper PA-44 N2197X	Key West Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-26	MIA87WA060	Beech C-45H N17MM	St. Barthelemy WN	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-25	DEN87LA034	Bellanca 8GCBC N1068E	Ovid Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-25	FTW87LA039	Cessna 172M N12525	Lindale Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-25	MKC87FA035	Cessna 414A N414LL	Olathe Kansas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-24	ATL87LA049	Piper PA-34-200T N3577U	Mobile Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-24	FTW87LA040	Cessna 172 N53384	Marble Falls Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-24	MIA87LA058	Cessna 152 N65484	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-24	SEA87LA041	Douglas C-54/DC-4 N96361	Pacific Ocean Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-23	ATL87FA047	Cessna 310N N4137Q	Savannah Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-23	ATL87LA046	Boeing 737-300 N369AU	Dublin Virginia	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-12-23	ATL87LA056	Cessna 172G N380LA	New Philadelphi Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-23	DEN87LA033	Cessna 172N CGYDG	Nathrop Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-12-23	MIA87LA057	Cessna 172N N737ZB	Sarasota Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-12-23	MKC87IA034 incident	Embraer BRASILIA EMB-120 N223AS	Fort Smith Arkansas	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.