Aviation accidents in 1986

2,248 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1986, with 1,371 people killed and 470 seriously injured. 18% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 85% of these accidents and 90% of deaths. Airline flights account for 1% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940, Maravatío Municipality (Mar 31, 1986) · 167 killed
2. 1986 Aerovías Guatemala Caravelle crash, Santa Elena de la Cruz (Jan 18, 1986) · 93 killed
3. Aeroflot Flight 892, Bohnsdorf (Dec 12, 1986) · 72 killed
4. Aeroflot Flight 6502, Kurumoch International Airport (Oct 20, 1986) · 70 killed
5. Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32, Cerritos, CA (Aug 31, 1986) · 67 killed
6. Aeroflot Flight 2306, Kopsa (Jul 2, 1986) · 54 killed
7. 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash, Mbuzini (Oct 19, 1986) · 34 killed
8. 1986 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, Grand Canyon National Park (Jun 18, 1986) · 25 killed
9. Air Lanka Flight 512, Bandaranaike International Airport (May 3, 1986) · 21 killed
10. LIAT Flight 319, Caribbean Sea (Aug 3, 1986) · 13 killed

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Nearby years

• 1984 · 2,659 accidents
• 1985 · 2,414 accidents
• 1987 · 2,172 accidents
• 1988 · 1,968 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.