Aviation accidents in 1986

The NTSB database holds 2,831 accidents and incidents in 1986, recorded between 1986. 507 of them were fatal (18%), and 1,009 people died.

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

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

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

2,831

Records

507

Fatal

1,009

Deaths

18%

Share fatal

1986

Period

Show these on the map 2,238 of 2,831 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 213 Cessna 150 159 Piper PA-28 155 Cessna 152 119 Cessna 182 85 Piper PA-18 52

Where these happened

United States 2,796 Bahamas 3 West Indies 1 Iceland 1 Netherlands Antilles 1 Greece 1

Operators involved

United Airlines 3 Deer Valley Aviation 2 Aero Flight Center 2 King Aviation Center 2 Northstar Aviation 2 Twin Lakes Aviation 2

All 2,831 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Dec 1986	Piper PA-28-140 N4388X	Rawlins, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Dec 1986	Beechcraft 35-33 N210M	Blountville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Dec 1986	Piper PA-34 N84136	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Dec 1986	Piper PA-18-150 N6712L	Lewistown, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Dec 1986	Champion 7ECA N2674G	Cambridge, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Dec 1986	Cessna 170B N8062A	Asheville, North Carolina, United States	Gail L. Otto	Fatal	2
15 Dec 1986	Cessna 172K N736XP	El Reno, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Dec 1986	Piper PA-28R-200 N32693	N. Manitou Isl., Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 Dec 1986	Hughes 269B N8982F	Cross Plaines, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Dec 1986	Hughes 369HS N8390F	Zephyrhills, Florida, United States no coordinates	F. M.mc Gahee	Fatal	2
7 Dec 1986	Cessna 185D N5878T	Hammonton, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Nov 1986	Cessna 182L N66CF	Oceano, California, United States	Donald F. Scully	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1986	North American NAVION A N91548	Springtown, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1986	Bell 206B N59610	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1986	Piper PA-34-200T N888MD	Isabela no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Nov 1986	Cessna 180K N66039	Lakeport, California, United States	Dashiell, Richard A.	Fatal	2
17 Nov 1986	Cessna 210L N2192S	Buford, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Nov 1986	Piper PA-28-161 N43905	Danville, Virginia, United States	General Aviation Inc.	Fatal	2
17 Nov 1986	Cessna 150L N18235	Lake Isabella, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Nov 1986	Beechcraft D55 N8386N	Livermore, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Nov 1986	Beechcraft BE35K N9536R	Marysville, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1986	Cessna 401 N3219Q	Henderson, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1986	Cessna 152 N49083	Woodville, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Nov 1986	Piper PA-24 N7062P	Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Nov 1986	Bellanca 17-30A N93495	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1986	Piper PA-28R-200 N4347X	Mount Pleasant, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1986	Piper PA-38 N2565P	Port Townsend, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Oct 1986	Piper PA-18-150 N4875A	Int'l Falls, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Oct 1986	Cessna 152 II N5083L	Pembroke, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Oct 1986	Cessna C-152 N89813	Fredericktown, Missouri, United States	L-8 Flying Serv.	Fatal	2
18 Oct 1986	Piper PA-28-235 N33808	Jamestown, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Oct 1986	Cessna 172N N1048F	Altadena, California, United States	American Flyers, Inc.	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1986	Cessna 182E N2830Y	Fishers Island, New York, United States no coordinates	Richard Dupre	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1986	Bell 206B-3 N3182V	Lompoc, California, United States	Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	2
13 Oct 1986	Piper PA-28-140 N4576R	Pell City, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1986	Cessna 177RG N34213	Happy Jack, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Oct 1986	Cessna 150 N22943	Fort Scott, Kansas, United States	Fort Scott Aircraft, Inc.	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1986	Cessna 152 N48925	Lumberton, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1986	Piper PA-28-180 N7744N	Harvard, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1986	Cessna 152II N4865L	Clewiston, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1986	Cessna 172K N78715	East Tawas, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1986	Cessna 172 N5481J	Overton, Nevada, United States	Fred R. Laplante	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1986	Cessna 150M N66297	Screven, Georgia, United States	Harless Aviation	Fatal	2
19 Sep 1986	Cessna 337D N2680S	Lapeer, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1986	Cessna 182Q N735GN	Ovid, Colorado, United States	Gregory/Leibovic	Fatal	2
16 Sep 1986	Piper PA28-151 N44501	Foristell, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Sep 1986	Bellanca 8GCBC N53899	Woodbine, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Sep 1986	Piper PA-18 N9109D	Port Alsworth, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Sep 1986	Christen EAGLE II N19DW	Rio Vista, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Sep 1986	Cessna 150M N9250U	Carbonado, Washington, United States	Spanaflight	Fatal	2