Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987

2,774 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 · 2,774

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1987-10-17	MKC88LA008	Cessna 172F N8508U	Lamoni Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	MKC88LA020	Cessna 177 N2969X	Warrensburg Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	NYC88LA012	Cessna 172P +1 more N97313	Bedford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	NYC88LA084	Piper PA-12 N7817H	Hammondsport New York	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-17	SEA88LA008	Cessna T210N N7231N	Walla Walla Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	SEA88LA009	Amateur-built VANCRAFT N49694	Pocatello Idaho	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-16	ANC88LA009	Cessna A150K N8477M	Whittier Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-16	BFO88DHD02	Boeing A75N1 N53488	Milton Delaware	no injuries substantial damage	Final
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
1987-10-16	LAX88LA017	Piper PA-24-260 N9097P	San Mateo California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-16	SEA88LA007	Cessna 180K N63071	Petersburg Alaska	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-15	ATL88DKG01	Cessna 188 N731RF	Samson Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-15	CHI88FA005	Cessna TU-206G N9359Z	Lansing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-15	LAX88FA015	Dassault-Breguet DA 10 N121FJ	Rancho Murieta California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1987-10-15	MIA88IA011 incident	Casa C-212-200 N436CA	Mayaguez Puerto Rico	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	ANC88LA006	Cessna 207A N91021	Tin City Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	ATL88DMG02	Amateur-built 20 N62V	Greensboro North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	ATL88LA011	Cessna 152 N5117B	Columbia South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	ATL88LA012	Cessna 150H N22553	Scyrene Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	ATL88LA019	Piper PA-28R-180 N4639J	Lexington Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-14	MKC88FA007	Champion AERONCA 7GC N4889E	Columbia Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-14	NYC88DHD01	Bell 206L N16736	Trenton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1987-10-14	NYC88LA007	Piper J3 N92440	Island Falls Maine	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-14	SEA88LA006	Cessna 206 N9040M	Winnemucca Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-13	FTW88DRA01	Amateur-built MONI N19MW	Silsbee Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-13	FTW88FA005	Cessna 175 N6512E	Crystal City Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-13	MIA88LA015	Cessna 310P N5770M	Bay St. Louis Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-13	MKC88FA005	Piper PA-32RT-300T N39922	Lincoln Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-13	NYC88LA006	Cessna 150 N3497J	Croghan New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	ANC88LA007	Cessna 170 N1311D	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	ATL88FA010	Piper PA-28-161 N84430	Greenville South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-12	DEN88LA008	Piper PA-28-140 N530FL	Lordsburg New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	DEN88LA009	Cessna A185F N2525S	Glasgow Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	LAX88LA013	Cessna 150L N11939	Guam PO	serious injuries 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	MIA88LA010	Beech A-90 N601TA	Ft Lauderdale Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	MKC88FA003	Stinson 108-2 N448C	Wakeeney Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	MKC88LA004	Piper PA-28-140 N4477X	Storm Lake Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-12	NYC88FA005	Cessna 150H N50342	Gardner Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	ATL88DKG05	American FALCON XP N377AA	Palmetto Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-11	ATL88DMG01	Amateur-built 1 N111MJ	Bennettsville South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	CHI88LA004	Cessna 150H N50124	Elroy Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-11	DEN88LA007	Aerostar S-66A N64547	Albuquerque New Mexico	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-10-11	FTW88DQG01	Boeing A75N1 N54279	Fort Stockton Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-11	LAX88FA014	Piper PA-28-181 N47529	Mount Baldy California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-11	LAX88LA012	Piper PA-28-181 N4120F	Porterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-11	NYC88LA008	Beech F-33A N17985	Concord New Hampshire	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary

About these pages

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.