Plane Crash List

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 Greece.

81 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 512 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

2,831
Records
507
Fatal
1,009
Deaths
18%
Share fatal
1986
Period
Show these on the map 2,750 of 2,831 can be placed (512 approximate)

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

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
1 Mar 1986 Piper PA-28-140
N2270Q
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States - No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Beechcraft C23
N6110X
Vega, Texas, United States - No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Cessna 152
N69043
Wisdom, Montana, United States Jack and KAY Houk Minor injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Aeronca 7AC
N1503E
Red Lodge, Montana, United States - No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Folsom SONERAI II
N27EF
Middlebury, Connecticut, United States
approximate position
Earl Edwin Folsom No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Cessna 150L
N19271
Houston, Texas, United States Northwest Flight Center Serious injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Cessna 182R
N9962H
Manassas, Virginia, United States
approximate position
- Minor injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Balloon Works 8B
N74176
Round Rock, Texas, United States
approximate position
Ernest R. Newton Minor injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Aeronca 11-AC
N3236E
Standfield, Arizona, United States
not on the map
- No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Cessna 172C
N1636Y
Waupun, Wisconsin, United States - No injuries -
1 Mar 1986 Cessna 172M
N80167
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States - Serious injuries -
28 Feb 1986 Piper PA-36-300
N57878
Muleshoe, Texas, United States - No injuries -
28 Feb 1986 Cessna 337A
N5394S
Key Biscayne, Florida, United States BO Hans Gartner No injuries -
28 Feb 1986 Gulfstream 500S
6YJHV
Opa Locka, Florida, United States - No injuries -
28 Feb 1986 Dassault DA-10
N821LG
Coatsville, Pennsylvania, United States - Minor injuries -
28 Feb 1986 Cessna 210M
N761VX
While Lake Twp., Michigan, United States PDQ Air Service, Inc. No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Beechcraft J35
N7293B
Long Beach, California, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Cessna 150L
N16210
Watford City, North Dakota, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Beechcraft BE65
N1QV
Wakefield, Virginia, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Piper PA-18
N6798A
Uvalde, Texas, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Stinson 108
N108DT
Lyndonville, Vermont, United States
approximate position
- Minor injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Beechcraft 95-B55
N36638
Rochester, New York, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Cessna 172M
N61572
Springerville, Arizona, United States - No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Beechcraft C23
N5150M
Elkhart, Indiana, United States
approximate position
Continental Industries, Inc. No injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Bell 47G-5
N7802S
Castaic, California, United States
approximate position
- Serious injuries -
27 Feb 1986 Gulfstream 690C
N840SM
Ketchikan, Alaska, United States Hames, Inc. No injuries -
26 Feb 1986 Beechcraft G18S
N723T
Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
approximate position
Richard J. Wixom Serious injuries -
26 Feb 1986 Cessna 172M
N8935V
Quemado, New Mexico, United States - No injuries -
26 Feb 1986 Ryan ST3KR
N51122
Camarillo, California, United States Stephen K. Freeman No injuries -
25 Feb 1986 Piper PA-22-150
N5721D
Estelline, South Dakota, United States Ross G. Ritchie No injuries -
25 Feb 1986 Cessna 150J
N60816
Los Banos, California, United States - No injuries -
25 Feb 1986 Cessna 152
N93472
Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States T.a. Whitehurst Serious injuries -
25 Feb 1986 Cessna T207A
N6385H
Longmont, Colorado, United States
approximate position
Front Range Aero Pilot Center No injuries -
24 Feb 1986 Cessna 152
N67888
El Paso, Texas, United States Maountainair Flight School Minor injuries -
24 Feb 1986 Cessna T188C
N9936J
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States - Serious injuries -
24 Feb 1986 Schweizer G-164B
N3629J
Homestead, Florida, United States - No injuries -
24 Feb 1986 Cessna 152
N303DW
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
approximate position
Davidson Flight Service, Inc. No injuries -
24 Feb 1986 Cessna 150
N6188K
Woodland, California, United States Daniel M. Fregin No injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Balloon Works FIRE FLY 7
N2269H
Keller, Texas, United States - Serious injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Cessna 170A
N1493D
Gardner, Kansas, United States - No injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Cessna 172L
N7191Q
Gordonsville, Virginia, United States James C. Joyner Minor injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Bellanca 7ECA
N53893
San Jose, California, United States - No injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Cessna 402B
N4605N
Plainview, Texas, United States - No injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Bell 206B
N16800
Mount Baldy, Idaho, United States Reeders Flying Service Serious injuries -
23 Feb 1986 Piper PA-18
N1827A
Houston, Alaska, United States - Minor injuries -
22 Feb 1986 Cessna 182A
N4071D
Decatur, Texas, United States - No injuries -
22 Feb 1986 Cessna 421
N8155Q
Alvord, Texas, United States Jiffy Food Stores, Inc. Serious injuries -
21 Feb 1986 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
N961VJ
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
approximate position
Usair Minor injuries -
21 Feb 1986 Piper PA-31-325
N111MM
St. Louis, Missouri, United States - No injuries -
21 Feb 1986 Cessna 170B
N3400C
Alliance, Nebraska, United States - No injuries -