Aviation accidents in 1985

The NTSB database holds 3,055 accidents and incidents in 1985, recorded between 1985. 555 of them were fatal (18%), and 1,598 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 150.

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and Canada.

654 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

3,055

Records

555

Fatal

1,598

Deaths

18%

Share fatal

1985

Period

Show these on the map 2,401 of 3,055 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 220 Piper PA-28 174 Cessna 150 163 Cessna 152 147 Cessna 182 102 Piper PA-18 47

Where these happened

United States 3,025 Bahamas 2 Canada 1 Dominica 1 Bolivia 1 Mexico 1

Operators involved

Dulles Aviation, Inc. 3 Midstate Airlines, Inc. 2 Sailplane Enterprises 2 Chapman Air, Inc. 2 ERA Helicopters, Inc. 2 Trans-Air, Inc. 2

All 3,055 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Jul 1985	Piper PA-18 N9973Q	North Loup, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Jul 1985	Beechcraft A36 N130T	Santa Rosa, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jul 1985	Cessna 170B N3160B	Chicago(L.mich), Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Jul 1985	Piper J3C-65 N70336	Oakland, Maryland, United States	H. A. Martin	Fatal	2
23 Jul 1985	Stinson SR6 N15120	Port Lions, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Jul 1985	Cessna 150L N11490	Goleta, California, United States	U.c. Santa Barbara Flying Club	Fatal	2
22 Jul 1985	Cessna 150G N2209J	Columbia, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Jul 1985	Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601 N71MA	Erie, Pennsylvania, United States	DON Evans	Fatal	2
18 Jul 1985	Cessna 150L N19293	Bainbridge, Indiana, United States	James L. Rietschlin	Fatal	2
18 Jul 1985	Piper J3-C-65 N70691	Goose Prairie, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Jul 1985	Piper PA-24-250 N7934P	Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jul 1985	Bell 206-B N38942	Page, Arizona, United States	Ramsey Helicopters Service	Fatal	2
12 Jul 1985	Piper J3C-65 N6817H	Columbus, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jul 1985	Beechcraft B36TC N948ST	Idaho City, Idaho, United States	Michael E. Quesnoy	Fatal	2
8 Jul 1985	Polliwagen UNKNOWN N81PW	Bakersfield, California, United States	Polliwagen, Inc	Fatal	2
8 Jul 1985	Cessna 152 N5204P	Marana, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Arva Valley Aviation	Fatal	2
7 Jul 1985	Chamberlain VIKING DRAGONFLY N59BC	Faribault, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Jul 1985	Maule M-6-180 N5658F	Corona, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1985	Taylorcraft BC12-D1 N44340	Mundelein, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1985	Piper PA-42 N542TW	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	Atlanta Air Service	Fatal	2
26 Jun 1985	Piper PA-28-151 N32461	Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Jun 1985	Bell 214B-1 N214RM	Squaw Valley, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Jun 1985	Hildebrand SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1 N1141L	Gravois Mills, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Jun 1985	Cessna 172H N3714R	Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Jun 1985	North American SNJ-5 N988E	Stuart, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Jun 1985	Beechcraft BE-200 N148CP	Hamptonburgh, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Jun 1985	Piper PA-28RT-201T N4507V	Pineville, Louisiana, United States	Ryan Bickham	Fatal	2
6 Jun 1985	Piper PA-22-108 N5668Z	Cartersville, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1985	Cessna 152 N6426B	Albert, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1985	Gulfstream G-159 N181TG	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	General Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
29 May 1985	Cessna TU-206E N1475M	San Manuel, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 May 1985	Cessna 172N N4871G	Remote, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 May 1985	Piper PA-28-181 N8460M	Charleston, West Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 May 1985	Cessna 501 N10GE	Harrison, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 May 1985	Bell 206L N403DC	Duluth, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 May 1985	Cessna C-207A N73635	Golovin, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 May 1985	Cessna 177RG N1815Q	Murphy, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 May 1985	Cessna 177B N17239	Ojai, California, United States	Oyres Corporation	Fatal	2
13 May 1985	Cessna 182RG N737ZL	Odessa, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 May 1985	Cessna 210M N761MC	Morrisville, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 May 1985	Bell 47G N951B	Calwood, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 May 1985	Piper PA-38-112 N2475L	Lakeville, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 May 1985	Hughes 369D N8365F	Spokane, Washington, United States	Clifford D. Richey	Fatal	2
5 May 1985	Robinson R-22 HP N83745	San Angelo, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 May 1985	Luscombe 8E N2497K	Verden, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Apr 1985	Beechcraft B 55 N613MC	Brownwood, Texas, United States	McCoy Corporation	Fatal	2
28 Apr 1985	Greer SIDEWINDER "S" N9008X	Tracy, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 1985	North American SNJ-6 N2860G	El Toro McAs, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1985	Piper PA-24-260 N8852P	Wakeeney, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Apr 1985	Beechcraft 36 N7514N	Elko, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2