| 24/01/1985 | XZ671 | Lynx AH1 | 652 Sqn | Hit a ski hut while trying to land during a snow storm at Sonthofen near Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany. To Fleetlands for rebuild but this was cancelled. To Yeovil as an AH9 test rig | |
| 30/01/1985 | XX279 | Hawk T1A | 2 TWU/63 Sqn | Crashed into Swansea Bay after loss of control due to possible aileron control restriction during ACT. The pilot ejected but appeared slumped on his chute and did not inflate his life jacket. He sank on hitting the water and both he and the aircraft were never recovered | |
| 07/02/1985 | ZB606 | Harrier T4N | 899 NAS | Dived onto the A37 road at Sticklebridge Farm, Charlton Adam, three miles north of Yeovilton, Somerset after loss of control. Both crew were killed | |
| 18/02/1985 | XW933 | AQ | Harrier T4 | 3 Sqn | During a low level sortie the Harrier pilot saw the F-104 slightly to his left at 50 yards. He took evasive action but the Harrier struck the underside of the F-104, killing the rear seat pilot of the Harrier instantly. The pilot ejected and the aircraft crashed at Bad Laer, West Germany. The F-104 pilot was consulting his map at the time and attributed the bump to a bird strike and attempted to divert to Gutersloh. However, due to low fuel and a fire warning he was forced to eject |
| 18/02/1985 | 26+70 | F-104G Starfighter | MFG-2 | ||
| 05/03/1985 | XT423 | E-434 | Wasp HAS1 | 829 NAS HMS Endurance Flt | Ditched into Port Stanley Harbour off Fipass Jetty, Falklands after engine failure due to Foreign Object Damage (FOD) on take off. The four crew escaped safely. To ground instruction at Murray Heights, Falklands with 669 Squadron AAC |
| 06/03/1985 | XR772 | AD | Lightning F6 | 5 Sqn | Crashed into the North Sea twenty miles NE of Skegness, Lincolnshire after loss of control in a spin. The pilot ejected but was killed |
| 12/03/1985 | XP906 | F | Scout AH1 | 660 Sqn | Rolled over on take off from Crest Hill, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong after loss of main rotor rpm. One person was killed and three injured. To Sek Kong fire dump |
| 25/03/1985 | XX660 | A | Bulldog T1 | Oxford UAS | Crashed into a field at Ducklington, near Witney, Oxfordshire after failing to recover from a spin. Both crew baled out but the instructor was killed when he detached from his parachute |
| 01/04/1985 | XZ388 | AH | Jaguar GR1 | 14 Sqn | During the let down to Munsterlager range near Rebberlah, West Germany with two other Jaguars the pilot mis-selected the radio frequency and had to re-select. When he looked out the aircraft was in a banked turn and close to the ground. He rolled level and applied full power but ejected when it became clear that the aircraft would strike the ground. He was knocked unconscious when he struck the canopy |
| 17/04/1985 | XX293 | Hawk T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed through power lines and through the thatched roof of a cottage before hitting the ground after the pilot had ejected on take off from Wattisham, Suffolk. The canopy had opened after he forgot to lock it before take off | |
| 14/06/1985 | XV341 | RF | Buccaneer S2B | 12 Sqn | Control was lost on approach to Lossiemouth, Grampian due to excessive tailplane movement. This was caused by an improperly secured nut and bolt in the powered control unit The pilot ordered the navigator to eject but failed to do so himself and was killed when the aircraft crashed into the undershoot area |
| 21/06/1985 | ZD635 | 703 | Sea King HAS5 | 819 NAS | Ran out of fuel at 300ft and crashed at Spears Hill, near Tayport, three miles north of Leuchars airfield, Fife. It was carrying an underlsung load from the Dutch ship HrMs Poolster to Leuchars following a two week exercise. The pilot was killed. Initially to the AIU at Lee-on-Solent but ended its days at Predannack |
| 27/06/1985 | XV206 | 206 | Hercules C1P | 1312 Flt | The Sea King collided with the Hercules in cloud at 1,000ft over the Falklands and crashed killing all four crew. The Hercules lost 20ft off the tip of the port wing but made a safe emergency landing. See also 24th May 2006 |
| 27/06/1985 | XZ919 | 529 | Sea King HAS5 | 826 NAS | |
| 09/07/1985 | XZ365 | 33 | Jaguar GR1 | 2 Sqn | Struck trees on the top of a 2,450ft hill near Meschede, east of Dortmund, West Germany. The pilot maintained control of the aircraft but ejected when a fire started in the cockpit |
| 08/1985 | XT857 | C | Phantom FG1 | 111 Sqn | Damaged beyond repair when it ran off the runway on landing at Leuchars, Fife after the nose wheel collapsed. To 8913M |
| 08/08/1985 | WK162 | CA | Canberra B2 | 100 Sqn | The ASI indicator showed that the aircraft was not continuing to accelerate during take off from Alconbury, Cambs. The pilot abandoned take off and raised the undercarriage. Only one side retracted and the aircraft slewed into the landing lights and caught fire. The crew escaped safely. The aircraft was accelerating normally, the fault was caused by a defective air mileage unit. Allocated to 8887M on Wyton fire dump |
| 19/09/1985 | XS921 | BA | Lightning F6 | 11 Sqn | Crashed into the North Sea fifty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire after the pilot ejected following loss of control due to malfunction of the aileron powered flying control unit. Probably caused by a foreign object jamming one of the four aileron input levers |
| 26/09/1985 | XX333 | G | Hawk T1A | 2 TWU/151 Sqn | Both Hawks were carrying out a practice intercept on a Phantom at the same time during ACT at Decimomannu, Sardinia. They reached weapons release point at the same time unaware of the others approach despite a call from the range controller. They collided and crashed but all three crew ejected safely and were rescued by an Italian helicopter |
| 26/09/1985 | XX340 | Z | Hawk T1A | 2 TWU/151 Sqn | |
| 07/10/1985 | XX728 | EH | Jaguar GR1 | 6 Sqn | During a three aircraft low level formation change and while in turn the No 2 aircraft collided with the formation leader. The No 2 pilot ejected but the leader did not and was killed when the aircraft crashed into Hartside Pass, near Alston, Cumbria |
| 07/10/1985 | XX731 | ED | Jaguar GR1A | 6 Sqn | |
| 25/10/1985 | XT669 | T | Wessex HC2 | 72 Sqn | The main rotors struck a radio mast during a night take off from an Army base at Forkhill, South Armagh, Northern Ireland. The two pilots escaped safely but the troops in the back, who were not strapped in were injured, one fatally. Allocated to 8894M on Aldergrove fire dump |
| 11/1985 | XR752 | BH | Lightning F6 | 11 Sqn | Badly damaged when it caught fire on landing at Binbrook, Lincolnshire. It was not repaired and was placed on to the airfield as a decoy during April 1987 |
| 19/11/1985 | XW922 | B | Harrier GR3 | 233 OCU | Written off after it rolled over during a vertical landing at Wittering, Cambs. Allocated to 8885M at Enfield |
| 29/11/1985 | WV267 | VL-836 | Hunter GA11 | FRADU | The pilot made a safe emergency landing at Yeovilton, Somerset after suffering a bird strike. Not repaired and allocated to Culdrose SAH |
| 06/12/1985 | XM372 | 55 | Jet Provost T3A | 1 FTS | Damaged beyond repair in a wheels up landing at Dishforth, Yorks. To 8917M on Linton fire dump |
| 12/12/1985 | ZA610 | B | Tornado GR1 | 617 Sqn | Flew into the North Sea at night thirty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire while attempting to locate a Buccaneer tanker. The crew did not attempt to eject and were killed |
