Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989

2,502 cases in 1989, 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 · 2,502

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1989-10-08	FTW90LA008	Piper PA-22 N8727D	Amarillo Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-08	LAX90DUJ01	Amateur-built AERONICA/T N101E	Sierra Vista Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-08	NYC90LA007	Cessna 185F N7321H	Rockwood Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	CHI90FA003	Piper PA-28-180 N9704J	Ann Arbor Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-07	CHI90LA005	Piper PA-28 N6306W	Toledo Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	FTW90FA005	Cessna 208 N208W	Uncertain Texas	5 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-07	LAX90LA005	Piper PA-38-112 N2515T	Paso Robles California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	LAX90LA006	Piper J-2 N6677C	Santa Ynez California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	MIA90FA008	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N958VJ	Orlando Florida	fatal	Final
1989-10-07	MIA90LA006	Piper PA-28-161 N9141H	Titusville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	MIA90LA007	Cessna 210 N5252E	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	MKC90LA007	Cessna 182 N11PG	Hasty Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-07	NYC90LA006	Cessna 152 N69169	Sterling Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-06	LAX90DJA01	Emair MA1-B N88932	Hilo Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-06	LAX90FA002	Piper PA-28RT-201T N3063T	Palm Springs California	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-06	MIA90IA005 incident	Mooney M20F N52DB	Pensacola Florida	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-10-06	MIA90LA004	Maule M-4-220C N40340	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-06	MKC90LA012	Piper PA-28-161 N8222F	Jefferson City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-06	NYC90LA005	Cessna 170B N727Z	Burlington Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-06	SEA90FAMS1	Beech 36TC N6773C	Missing	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-06	SEA90LA003	Piper PA-32-300 N7193F	Hoonah Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	ANC90LA003	Piper PA-22 N5715D	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	ATL90DLG01	Cessna 188B N21897	Hartsville South Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	CHI90LA004	Cessna 152 N4875H	Columbus Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	FTW90LA004	Cessna A152 N49876	Mount Pleasant Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	LAX90LA003	Aeronca 11AC N85837	Penn Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-05	NYC90DNA01	Amateur-built RV-4 N671RS	North Andover Massachusetts	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-04	CHI90LA002	Cessna T182 N7369H	Sodus Michigan	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-10-04	FTW90DPJ01	Amateur-built MONI MOTORGLIDER N15JZ	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-04	FTW90LA003	Aerospatiale 350D N3606Y	New Iberia Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-04	MIA90LA002	Cessna A188B N21752	Wauchula Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-04	MIA90WA003	Piper PA-23-250 N13956	Nevis Island WN	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1989-10-04	NYC90LA004	Champion 7ECA N123DA	Beaver Falls Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-03	FTW90LA006	Piper PA-22-150 N1940P	Edmond Oklahoma	serious injuries	Final
1989-10-03	LAX90LA004	North American SNJ-5 N12377	Pacoima California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-03	MKC90LA004	Bellanca 17-30 N6569V	Gainesville Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-02	ANC90LA001	Cessna 208 N9382F	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-02	ATL90LA003	North American AT-6D N350HT	Albemarle North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-02	DEN90FA002	Cessna 182A N2155G	Nixon Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-02	DEN90T#A01	Mbb BO-105S N7EG	Mercury Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1989-10-02	FTW90FA002	Cessna 550 N53CC	Hurdle Mills North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-02	LAX90LA001	Cessna 501 N617CC	Sedona Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-10-02	MIA90LA001	Air Tractor AT-301 N8842S	Belle Glade Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-01	ANC89LA179	Piper PA-18 N83381	Kiana Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-01	ANC89LA180	Piper PA-18 N4579A	Windy Fork Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-01	ANC90LA002	Piper PA-32 N38393	Kwethluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-10-01	ATL90FA001	Beech C90 N43GT	Chamblee Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-10-01	ATL90LA002	Beech V35B N4277A	Colquitt Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-10-01	CHI90LA001	Cessna 177 N102AT	Manistique Michigan	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-10-01	FTW90LA001	Globe GC-1B N3718K	Sulphur Louisiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Final

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.