Plane crashes in 1985

296 crashes worldwide in 1985, with 3,023 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 296
• Fatal crashes: 183
• Fatalities: 3,023
• First recorded: January 1, 1985
• Most recent: December 31, 1985

Deadliest

1. August 12, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Mt Osutaka, Kantō, Japan (520 fatalities)
2. June 23, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Atlantic Ocean, World (329 fatalities)
3. December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
4. July 10, 1985: Tupolev TU-154, Ushquduq, Navoiy Province (Navoiy viloyati), Uzbekistan (200 fatalities)
5. February 19, 1985: Boeing 727-200, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (148 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (130)
• Russia (21)
• Canada (10)
• Colombia (9)
• Afghanistan (8)
• Indonesia (8)
• Brazil (6)
• Germany (6)
• Bolivia (5)
• France (5)
• Australia (4)
• Kazakhstan (4)

Manufacturers

• Cessna (45)
• Piper (31)
• Beechcraft (26)
• PZL-Mielec (22)
• Antonov (21)
• Douglas (16)
• Lockheed (14)
• Rockwell (14)
• Britten-Norman (13)
• Boeing (11)
• De Havilland (9)
• Learjet (7)

Aircraft

• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (22)
• Britten-Norman Islander (13)
• Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (12)
• Antonov AN-26 (7)
• Cessna 402 (7)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules (7)
• Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (7)
• Rockwell Grand Commander 680 (7)
• Beechcraft 90 King Air (6)
• Cessna 404 Titan (6)
• Antonov AN-12 (5)
• Antonov AN-2 (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• December 31, 1985: Antonov AN-26, Parakou, Borgou, Benin (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1985: BAe 125, Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria (7 fatalities)
• December 31, 1985: Cessna 404 Titan, Teniente Rodolfo Marsh-Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva (King George Island), All Antarctica, Antarctica (10 fatalities)
• December 31, 1985: Douglas DC-3, Dallas-Love Field, Texas, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
• December 30, 1985: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Dhangadhi, Seti, Nepal (25 fatalities)
• December 29, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Junction-Kimble County, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 26, 1985: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Llamacocha, Huancavelica, Peru (7 fatalities)
• December 26, 1985: Antonov AN-26, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (1 fatality)
• December 25, 1985: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 1985: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Venado-Isana, Vaupés, Colombia (9 fatalities)
• December 18, 1985: Learjet 24, Toulouse-Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France (0 fatalities)
• December 16, 1985: Partenavia P.68, Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland (3 fatalities)
• December 14, 1985: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Carp Lake, Michigan, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
• December 13, 1985: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Georgetown-Sussex County, Delaware, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 13, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Yaviza, Darién, Panama (7 fatalities)
• December 13, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Accra-Kotoka, Greater Accra, Ghana (0 fatalities)
• December 12, 1985: Learjet 35, College Station, Texas, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)
• December 12, 1985: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Evanston, Illinois, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 8, 1985: Cessna 340, Peru, Massachusetts, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 8, 1985: Learjet 35, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• December 4, 1985: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Friedrichshafen-Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
• December 4, 1985: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Al Furt, Shabwah, Yemen (0 fatalities)
• December 3, 1985: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Concord-Buchanan Field, California, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 3, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Castlegar-West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (1 fatality)
• December 2, 1985: Boeing 747-200, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1985: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Franktown, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1985: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Lakeland, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1985: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Denver-Centennial, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 30, 1985: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Medan-Polonia, North Sumatra, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 1985: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 27, 1985: Cessna 404 Titan, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 25, 1985: Antonov AN-12, Luassingua, Cuando Cubango, Angola (23 fatalities)
• November 25, 1985: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
• November 24, 1985: Boeing 737-200, Luqa, Malta (60 fatalities)
• November 21, 1985: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt Sibayak, North Sumatra, Indonesia (10 fatalities)
• November 21, 1985: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (4 fatalities)
• November 20, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• November 16, 1985: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Nazimovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (4 fatalities)
• November 15, 1985: Convair C-131 Samaritan, Dothan AFB, Alabama, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 12, 1985: Cessna 402, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 11, 1985: Cessna 441 Conquest, Latrobe-Arnold Palmer-Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
• November 10, 1985: Dassault Falcon 50, Teterboro, New Jersey, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 9, 1985: Partenavia P.68, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (2 fatalities)
• November 8, 1985: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Deauville-Normandie (Saint-Gatien), Calvados, France (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 1985: BAe 125, Sparta-Upper Cumberland, Tennessee, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 5, 1985: Beechcraft H18, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 4, 1985: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Katale, Nord-Kivu, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 3, 1985: Cessna 402, Mt Pakaraima, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana (1 fatality)
• November 1, 1985: Cessna 208A Caravan, Bethel, Alaska, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 23, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (5 fatalities)
• October 23, 1985: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Miyazaki, Kyūshū, Japan (3 fatalities)
• October 22, 1985: Short 360, Enshi, Hubei, China (0 fatalities)
• October 22, 1985: Learjet 24, Juneau, Alaska, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• October 20, 1985: Embraer C-95 Bandeirante, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• October 19, 1985: Vickers Viscount, Bloomington-Monroe County, Indiana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 1985: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, El Paso, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 15, 1985: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Sindal, Nordjylland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• October 12, 1985: Fokker F27 Friendship, Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar (4 fatalities)
• October 11, 1985: Yakovlev Yak-40, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia (14 fatalities)
• October 11, 1985: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Beni, Beni, Bolivia (2 fatalities)
• October 11, 1985: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Homer City, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 11, 1985: Cessna 441 Conquest, Skien, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway (1 fatality)
• October 10, 1985: IAI 1124 Westwind, Sydney-Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, Australia (2 fatalities)
• October 9, 1985: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Cadillac-Wexford County, Michigan, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 9, 1985: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• October 9, 1985: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• October 8, 1985: IAI Arava 201, Sasstown, Grand Kru (Kru Coast & Sasstown), Liberia (3 fatalities)
• October 4, 1985: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Loma Verde, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• October 4, 1985: Cessna 402, Tory Channel, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (8 fatalities)
• October 1, 1985: Cessna 441 Conquest, Dallas, Texas, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• September 30, 1985: Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I, Arizona, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 30, 1985: Beechcraft D18, Schefferville, Quebec, Canada (8 fatalities)
• September 29, 1985: Cessna 208A Caravan, Jenkinsburg, Georgia, USA, United States (17 fatalities)
• September 26, 1985: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Merrill Pass, Alaska, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 26, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Kilifas, Sandaun (West Sepik), Papua New Guinea (4 fatalities)
• September 25, 1985: Antonov AN-12, Kharkiv, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine (9 fatalities)
• September 25, 1985: Beechcraft D18, Huntington-Tri-State-Milton J. Ferguson, West Virginia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 23, 1985: Cessna 402, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1985: Dassault Falcon 10, DuPage, Illinois, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Angola, All Angola, Angola (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1985: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Staunton, Virginia, USA, United States (14 fatalities)
• September 22, 1985: Learjet 35, Auburn-Opelika-Robert G. Pitts (University Regional), Alabama, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 22, 1985: Antonov AN-12, Afghanistan, All Afghanistan, Afghanistan (26 fatalities)
• September 17, 1985: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 16, 1985: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Cloquet-Carlton County, Minnesota, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 13, 1985: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Eva, Alabama, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
• September 12, 1985: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 11, 1985: Cessna 404 Titan, Hayesville, North Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 11, 1985: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Ugohan River, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 10, 1985: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Naples, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 8, 1985: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Shymkent, South Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (1 fatality)
• September 6, 1985: Douglas DC-9, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, United States (31 fatalities)
• September 4, 1985: Antonov AN-26, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan (52 fatalities)
• September 1, 1985: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Yunkyur, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
• August 31, 1985: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Lanseria, Gauteng, South Africa (5 fatalities)
• August 30, 1985: Cessna 303 Crusader, Simi Valley, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 30, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Kokoda, Central, Papua New Guinea (3 fatalities)
• August 29, 1985: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Toora-Khem, Republic of Tuva, Russia (0 fatalities)
• August 29, 1985: Aeritalia G.222, Laconi, Sardinia, Italy (4 fatalities)