Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988

2,685 cases in 1988, 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 · 2,685

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1988-10-07	ATL89FA006	Cessna 210N N6510N	Alexander City Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-07	ATL89LA007	Piper PA-28-180 N7769N	Savannah Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-07	ATL89LA009	Cessna 182 N736EK	Lexington North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-07	DEN89FA009	Cessna T210M N732QP	Clovis New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-07	LAX89FA010	Cessna 182R N1787R	Salinas California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-07	LAX89LA011	Cessna 195B N2141C	Porterville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-07	LAX89T#A01	Mcdonnell Douglas F-18A N844NA	Edwards California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-07	NYC89FA006	Piper PA-28-180 N7293W	Renovo Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-07	NYC89IA005 incident	Boeing 727-100 N118FE	Newark New Jersey	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	ANC89LA006	Cessna 206 N734GW	Eagle Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	BFO89LA001	Cessna 172 N739PE	Sandston Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	DEN89LA008	Cessna T210N N7335N	Price Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	FTW89DRG01	Amateur-built PITTS SPECIAL N3S	San Benito Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-06	LAX89DVG01	Amateur-built FT N197RL	Redding California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-06	MIA89LA005	Republic RC-3 N3263G	Miami Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	MIA89LA006	Piper PA-23-250 N6815Y	La Belle Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-06	NYC89LA004	Piper PA-38-112 N2542D	New Castle Pennsylvania	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-06	SEA89LA008	Piper PA-34-200T N75107	Cashmere Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-05	ATL89FA005	Cessna 120 N77458	Monroe Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-05	DEN89FA007	Mooney M20E N5997Q	Walsh Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-05	LAX89LA009	Bellanca 8KCAB N5508H	Alpine California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-05	MIA89FA004	Hughes 269C N8602F	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-05	MIA89LA003	Piper PA-38-112 N91323	Fort Pierce Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	DEN89LA004	Raven RALLY II N4098G	Rio Rancho New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	DEN89LA005	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N3678E	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	DEN89LA006	Amateur-built STEEN SKYBOLT N21SP	Rawlins Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	LAX89LA007	Hughes 269C N1090Z	Fontana California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	LAX89LA008	Cessna 182A +1 more N5888B	Visalia California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	SEA89FA006	Beech B-99A N803BA	East Sound Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-04	SEA89LA007	Aerospatiale SA341G N401S	Fields Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-03	ANC89LA003	Cessna 206 N122SC	Kodiak Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-03	ANC89LA004	Piper J3C-65 N98109	Eureka Lodge Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-03	ANC89LA005	Piper PA-22 N3421A	Healy Lake Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-03	DEN89LA003	Piccard AX-6 N99US	Albuquerque New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-03	LAX89FA001	Beech B23 N7621R	Scottsdale Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-03	LAX89FA006	Beech A24R N8065R	Mt. Baldy California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-03	NYC89FA003	Aeronca 11AC N9569E	Barnstead New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	ANC89LA001	Cessna 180 N420SB	Wasilla Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	ANC89LA002	Piper PA-11 N4724M	Levelock Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	ATL89FA004	Piper PA-30 N7484Y	La Follette Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	ATL89LA003	Cessna 150M N6176K	Silerton Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	BFO89LA038	Piper PA-22-150 N7653D	Cumberland Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	CHI89LA001	Cessna 310Q N8157Q	Tell City Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	FTW89LA002	Cessna 172 N89745	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	LAX89LA002	Piper PA-28R-201 +1 more N31386	Palmdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	LAX89LA003	Cessna 150F N8681S	Payson Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	LAX89LA004	Cessna 172M N20680	Auberry California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	LAX89LA005	Cessna 150M N8998U	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-02	MKC89LA001	Schweizer TG3A N73483	Yoder Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-02	MKC89LA002	Cessna 140 N73051	Quinter Kansas	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.