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
1987-10-11	SEA88LA005	Cessna 340A N37358	Tacoma Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	ANC88LA005	Piper PA-12 N3651N	Skwentna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	ATL88LA009	Cessna 150L N18167	Cumming Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	BFO88DIG01	Cessna 177A N30590	Stevensville Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	BFO88LA005	Piper PA-28R-200 N55936	Dares Beach Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	FTW88DRG01	North American P82-B N12102	Harlingen Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	LAX88LA011	Piper PA-28-161 N4342B	San Luis Obispo California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-10	MIA88FA006	Robinson R-22-B N2276X	Plymouth Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-10	NYC88LA004	Piper PA-28-161 N8391A	Weston Massachusetts	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-09	ATL88FA007	Beech HA-1 N9231	Memphis Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-09	ATL88LA008	Piper PA-28R-200 N2802R	Sebring Ohio	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-09	BFO88FA002	Cessna 172N N3075E	Lowmoor Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-09	DEN88LA006	Cessna 182P N7746G	Monument Valley Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-09	FTW88LA002	Mooney M-20-J N57257	Kerrville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-09	LAX88IA009 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N413AA	Ontario California	no injuries	Final
1987-10-09	LAX88LA010	Piper PA-18-150 N4085E	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-09	MKC88LA006	Boeing A-75 N1754M	Creve Coeur Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	ATL88LA005	Piper PA-24-180 N5988P	Collegedale Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	ATL88LA006	Beech H-18 N711LC	Sandersville Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	DEN88LA005	Rockwell 690B N711TT	Albuquerque New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-08	FTW88DRD01	Grumman G-164A N6743Q	Port Allen Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	FTW88LA003	Grumman GA7 N718GA	Covington Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	LAX88LA008	Maule M-5-210C N62008	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	MKC88LA011	Champion 7GCB N9967Y	Warrensburg Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-08	SEA88LA003	Piper PA-28-140 N4112J	Canby Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-08	SEA88LA004	Cessna 180C N9705Z	Juneau Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-07	FTW88DPJ01	Amateur-built CASSUTT 3M N3419W	Yukon Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-07	FTW88LA004	Cessna L-19 N305DH	San Marcos Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-07	LAX88LA007	Piper PA-23-150 N2077P	Livermore California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-07	MIA88FA005	Cessna 421B N8043Q	Deland Florida	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-07	SEA88LA001	British Aerospace BA-3101 N406UE	Kennewick Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-07	SEA88LA002	Amateur-built AVID FLYER N819MK	Edwall Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-06	ATL88IA074 incident	Mooney M-20E N1936Y	Columbia South Carolina	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	ATL88LA004	Cessna 150L N11838	Cordesville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	DEN88LA003	Cessna 152 N7572B	Tremonton Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	MIA88LA014	Hiller UH-12E N4029R	Union Church Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	MKC88LA001	Bellanca 17-31ATC N8786V	Wamego Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	MKC88LA002	Cessna 150 N8940S	Hope Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-06	NYC88LA002	Bellanca 17-30A N39857	Newport Vermont	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-06	NYC88LA003	Cessna 172H N1677F	Oneonta New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-05	CHI88IA003 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40 N157US	Milwaukee Wisconsin	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-05	CHI88LA002	Cessna 177 N3226T	Verona Wisconsin	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-05	DEN88FA002	Bellanca 7ECA N8563V	Fowler Colorado	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-05	DEN88LA004	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B N15260	Rio Rancho New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-05	DEN88LA010	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 +1 more N36988	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-05	LAX88FA006	Boeing 767-201 N604P	Los Angeles California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-05	MIA88FA003	Cessna 310K N3815X	Inverness Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-04	CHI88FA001	Beech A35 N8705A	Grand Ledge Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-04	LAX88FA001	Cessna 172RG N5234U	Calistoga California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-04	LAX88LA003	Grumman AA-5A N7368L	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	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.