Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 1987

494 fatal cases in 1987, newest first. Every case.

94,304 NTSB cases since 1962, each on its own page in plain English with the NTSB's probable cause and narrative, linked to the aircraft's registry record and its model. So far in 2026: 1,198 cases, 215 of them fatal, 478 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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Cases newest first · 494

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1987-10-17	MIA88FA008	Extra Flugzeugbau 230 N230WF	Arcadia Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-16	BFO88FA003	Cessna 172H N9WB	Indian Head Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-16	FTW88FA006	Cessna 172RG N9693B	Refugio Texas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-16	FTW88FA007	Piper PA-32-260 N3903W	Houston Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-15	LAX88FA015	Dassault-Breguet DA 10 N121FJ	Rancho Murieta California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1987-10-14	MKC88FA007	Champion AERONCA 7GC N4889E	Columbia Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-14	NYC88LA007	Piper J3 N92440	Island Falls Maine	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-13	MKC88FA005	Piper PA-32RT-300T N39922	Lincoln Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-12	ATL88FA010	Piper PA-28-161 N84430	Greenville South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-12	MIA88FA007	Rockwell 700 N26574	Pompano Beach Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-12	MIA88FA009	Piper PA-23-250 N6475Y	St. Thomas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	NYC88FA005	Cessna 150H N50342	Gardner Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	ATL88DMG01	Amateur-built 1 N111MJ	Bennettsville South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	LAX88FA014	Piper PA-28-181 N47529	Mount Baldy California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	NYC88LA008	Beech F-33A N17985	Concord New Hampshire	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-10	MIA88FA006	Robinson R-22-B N2276X	Plymouth Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-09	ATL88FA007	Beech HA-1 N9231	Memphis Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-09	BFO88FA002	Cessna 172N N3075E	Lowmoor Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-07	MIA88FA005	Cessna 421B N8043Q	Deland Florida	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-05	MIA88FA003	Cessna 310K N3815X	Inverness Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-04	LAX88FA001	Cessna 172RG N5234U	Calistoga California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-02	MIA88FA001	Piper PA-23-250 N3RP	Everglades City Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-01	DEN88DQA01	Christen Industries EAGLE II N16RK	Roswell New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-01	DEN88FA001	Piper PA-18-125 N1377A	Miles City Montana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	ATL87FA268	Beech 95-B55 N6343X	Manteo North Carolina	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-30	LAX87FA350	Cessna 340A XAKOA	San Diego California	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-29	NYC87FA265	Beech D95A N7955M	Pittstown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-28	MIA87RA261	Embraer EMB 110-P-2 N876AC	Freeport Burkina Faso	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MIA87FA260	Beech B35 N417	Kissimmee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	ATL87FA262	Piper PA-31-350 N117EV	Demopolis Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	MIA87FA259	Beech D18S N76Q	Miami Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	NYC87FA262	Piper PA-32-300 N38364	Montoursville Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-23	MIA87FA257	Piper PA-32-300 N4010R	Geneva Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-22	CHI87FA219	Beech H-18 N5850S	Rockford Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-22	SEA87FA190	Cessna T210L N2545S	Hailey Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-21	ANC87FA165	Piper PA-31-310 CGPAC	Eldred Rock Alaska	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-21	FTW87FA223	Piper J3C-65 N3685K	Greenwood Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	FTW87FA222	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-D N3815H	Jackson Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87FA341	Bellanca 7ECA N8598V	Sonoma California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-19	MIA87FA250	Commonwealth 185 +1 more N92919	St. Petersburg Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-18	MKC87FA172	Schweizer G-164B N36328	Weiner Arkansas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	FTW87LA221	Cessna 340A N5449G	Lubbock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ANC87FA153	Piper PA-12 N3140M	Shaw Creek Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-16	FTW87FA219	Amateur-built AA-5A N6035L	Corpus Christi Texas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-15	SEA87LA188	Amateur-built OWL RACER 65-2 N5JG	Reno Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-14	LAX87FA335	Mooney M20J N3551H	Dublin California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-13	FTW87DPJ08	Air Tractor 301A N3651D	Hollis Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	FTW87FA214	Beech 58P N1158T	Austin Texas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	NYC87FA250	Piper PA-28-236 N2186B	Gaylordsville Connecticut	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	NYC87FA251	Cessna 152 N25223	Boxborough Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary

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The records come from the NTSB's public aviation accident database, refreshed here every week. Each case has a permanent page at eflight.com/accidents/<case number>; the plain-English summary is built from the NTSB's coded fields, and the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. "Preliminary" means the investigation is still open; the final report usually follows within one to two years, and the page updates when it does. Pilots, passengers and other people involved are not named, the site's policy at this time. Where the aircraft is still on the U.S. register, the page links to its registry record; where the model has a page here, it links to that too.