Aviation accidents in 1985

2,414 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1985, with 2,468 people killed and 400 seriously injured. 19% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 85% of these accidents and 85% of deaths. Airline flights account for 1% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Japan Air Lines Flight 123, Ueno (Aug 12, 1985) · 520 killed
2. Arrow Air Flight 1285R, Gander International Airport (Dec 12, 1985) · 256 killed
3. Aeroflot Flight 5143 (Jul 10, 1985) · 200 killed
4. Iberia Flight 610, Oiz (Feb 19, 1985) · 148 killed
5. Delta Air Lines Flight 191, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (Aug 2, 1985) · 137 killed
6. 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision, Zolochiv (May 3, 1985) · 94 killed
7. Galaxy Airlines Flight 203, Reno (Jan 21, 1985) · 70 killed
8. Aeroflot Flight 7841, Niežaŭka (Feb 1, 1985) · 58 killed
9. 1985 Manchester Airport disaster, runway (Aug 22, 1985) · 55 killed
10. Douglas DC-9-14, Milwaukee, WI (Sep 6, 1985) · 31 killed

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Nearby years

• 1983 · 2,763 accidents
• 1984 · 2,659 accidents
• 1986 · 2,248 accidents
• 1987 · 2,172 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.