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 Dominica.

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 Dominica 1 Bolivia 1 Mexico 1 Canada 1

Operators involved

Dulles Aviation, Inc. 3 Gull Air 2 Eastern Airlines 2 Regional Express Co. 2 Gull Air, Inc. 2 Civil Air Patrol 2

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Dec 1985	Douglas DC-8-63 N950JW	Gander, Canada no coordinates	Arrow Airways, Inc.	Fatal	256
2 Aug 1985	Lockheed L-1011-385-1 N726DA	Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	134
21 Jan 1985	Lockheed 188C N5532	Reno, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Galaxy Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	70
6 Sep 1985	Douglas DC-9-14 N100ME	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	31
1 Jan 1985	Boeing 727-225 N819EA	La Paz, Bolivia no coordinates	-	Fatal	29
29 Sep 1985	Cessna 208 N551CC	Jenkinsburg, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	17
23 Sep 1985	Beechcraft B99 N339HA	Grottoes, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	14
4 Feb 1985	Beechcraft 65-A80 N50NP	Soldotna, Alaska, United States	North Pacific Airlines	Fatal	9
26 Aug 1985	Beechcraft 99 N300WP	Auburn, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	8
17 Jun 1985	Cessna 402B N100HK	Bailey, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	8
31 Dec 1985	Douglas DC-3 N711Y	Dekalb, Texas, United States	Rick Nelson	Fatal	7
25 Nov 1985	Rockwell 500-S N81589	Des Moines, Iowa, United States	Iowa State University	Fatal	7
20 Apr 1985	Cessna 310R N1334G	St James, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	7
29 Dec 1985	Cessna T210L N2082S	West Valley, Utah, United States no coordinates	Peter O. and Biruta Macs	Fatal	6
22 Dec 1985	Cessna 177B N34046	Brooklyn, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	6
23 Nov 1985	Beechcraft 58 N3862Y	Boca Raton, Florida, United States	Wndell L. Carr	Fatal	6
13 Sep 1985	Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N680CC	Eva, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	6
25 Aug 1985	Cessna 180H N417GP	Mt. Palmer, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
19 Apr 1985	Cessna U206G N8849Q	Tuba City, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	6
11 Feb 1985	Cessna 421C N6866K	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	6
14 Dec 1985	Beechcraft B-60 N24RT	Carp Lake, Michigan, United States	Commander Charter, Inc.	Fatal	5
11 Nov 1985	Cessna 441 N59MD	Derry, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	5
10 Nov 1985	Dassault FALCON 50 N784B	Fairview, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
1 Oct 1985	Cessna 441 N400BG	Dallas, Texas, United States	Rosewood Enterprises Inc	Fatal	5
24 Aug 1985	Piper PA-31T N600CM	Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States	Hubert van Pittman	Fatal	5
26 May 1985	Rockwell 112B N1417J	Woodbridge, Virginia, United States	Herbert E. Ewing	Fatal	5
21 Apr 1985	Piper PA-28-235 N9406W	Castaic, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
7 Apr 1985	Mooney MO-20J N5764D	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	5
30 Dec 1985	Mooney M20K N1152T	Des Moines, Washington, United States	Sunwest Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	4
16 Nov 1985	Piper PA-32-300 N74DJ	Quinhagak, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
13 Nov 1985	Cessna P210N N3864P	Wichita, Kansas, United States no coordinates	J & J Partnership	Fatal	4
13 Nov 1985	Cessna 210K N5772J	Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	4
23 Oct 1985	Gates Learjet 24D N456JA	Juneau, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
11 Oct 1985	Cessna 180 N1611C	Eagle, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
6 Oct 1985	Cessna T210L N29158	Lebec, California, United States	Allan H. McFarland	Fatal	4
3 Oct 1985	Beechcraft V35 N8475H	Bridger, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	4
3 Oct 1985	Grumman American AA-5 N9629U	Hurricane, West Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	4
2 Sep 1985	Piper PA-34-200T N75015	Ogden, Utah, United States	Charles W. Ewing, MD	Fatal	4
1 Sep 1985	Piper PA-28-235-B N9340W	Rion, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	4
19 Aug 1985	Cessna 172M N22198	St. Thomas no coordinates	Allen E. Kelly	Fatal	4
18 Aug 1985	De Havilland DHC-2 MK.1 N68085	Tutna Lake, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Aug 1985	Cessna 172P II N54168	Cedar City, Utah, United States	Freedom Aviation	Fatal	4
17 Aug 1985	Mooney M20C N5844Q	Columbus, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Paul L. Tappin	Fatal	4
13 Aug 1985	Piper PA-20-125 N7372K	Culpeper, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	4
29 Jul 1985	Cessna 172M N12904	Red Devil, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
26 Jul 1985	Beechcraft J35 N687B	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States	John N. Renaker	Fatal	4
12 Jul 1985	Piper PA-32R-301 N8341L	Bahamas, Bahamas no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
6 Jul 1985	Hughes 369HS N5410W	Keystone, South Dakota, United States	Rushmore Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	4
22 Jun 1985	Cessna C-177RG N1983Q	Yakima, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
28 May 1985	Cessna C172P N53809	Fryeburg, Maine, United States no coordinates	Gregory J. Burchstead	Fatal	4