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
1987-10-04	LAX88LA004	Republic RC-3 N87583	Clearlake California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-04	LAX88LA005	Beech A35 N8583A	Wickenburg Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-04	MIA88LA004	Cessna 180 N9202T	Church Hill Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-03	ANC88LA003	Cessna 172 N3128L	45 NW Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-03	ATL88LA001	Cessna 172P N66090	Hilton Head South Carolina	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-03	ATL88LA002	Cessna 172F N5647R	Grand Bay Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-03	ATL88LA003	Cessna 172N N5266E	Thomson Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-03	BFO88IA001 incident	Fokker F-28-MK-1000 N288N	Baltimore Maryland	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-03	LAX88LA002	Avian Balloon MAGNUM IX N1600P	Carefree Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-02	ANC88LA002	Piper PA-18 N54763	Wind River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-02	FTW88LA001	Mooney M20C N9231M	Bulverde Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-02	MIA88FA001	Piper PA-23-250 N3RP	Everglades City Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-02	NYC88LA001	Beech B23 N4007T	Mansfield Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-01	ANC88LA001	Piper PA-16 N5373H	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-01	CHI88DEP01	Grumman G-44 N1173V	Delevan Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-01	DEN87LA248	Cessna 182F N3155U	Colorado City Colorado	serious injuries 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
1987-10-01	FTW87LA228	Piper PA-28-180 N4443T	Alvin Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	ANC87LA170	Piper PA-32-260 N3560W	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	ATL87FA268	Beech 95-B55 N6343X	Manteo North Carolina	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-30	ATL87LA267	Enstrom F-28A N29GC	Mansfield Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	DEN87LA247	Bell 47G-3B1 N7806S	Grand Junction Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-30	DEN87LA249	Cessna 172P N62938	Rangley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	LAX87FA350	Cessna 340A XAKOA	San Diego California	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-30	MIA87LA265	Casa 212-200 N436CA	San Juan Puerto Rico	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-30	MIA87LA266	Aero Commander 720 N4100S	50 NW San Juan Puerto Rico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	MKC87LA182	Cessna 150K N6206G	Dubuque Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	MKC87LA183	Cessna 401 N2UE	Ames Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-30	SEA87LA197	Beech A100 N32RL	Gold Beach Oregon	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-29	MIA87IA264 incident	Boeing 727-225 +1 more N8864E	Hampton New York	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-29	MIA87LA262	Boeing E75 N5190N	Ocala Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-29	MKC87LA181	Cessna 152 N6156F	El Dorado Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-29	MKC87LA184	Piper PA-28-180 N7275W	Ozark Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-29	NYC87FA265	Beech D95A N7955M	Pittstown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-29	NYC87LA263	Cessna 182 N7388S	Kingston New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-29	NYC87LA266	Cessna 152 N93193	Bridgeport Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-28	CHI87LA225	Boeing A75N1 N61V	Rochester Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-28	DEN87LA246	Cessna 150K N2554Q	Aurora Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-28	MIA87RA261	Embraer EMB 110-P-2 N876AC	Freeport Burkina Faso	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-09-28	NYC87FA264	Lockheed L-1011 N317EA	Bermuda AO	serious injuries minor damage	Final
1987-09-27	ATL87LA264	Piper PA-38-112 N2488C	Winston Salem North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	BFO87LA067	Stinson SR8B N16182	Lynchburg Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	BFO87LA069	Mooney M20E N2613W	Pocomoke City Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	CHI87LA222	Cessna 150H N6469S	Sparta Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	CHI87LA223	Piper PA-38-112 N6320A	Joliet Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	CHI87LA226	Cessna 172 N5196K	Frankfort Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	DEN87LA243	Robinson R-22M N47RW	Las Cruces New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	FTW87DRG07	Amateur-built QUICKIE 1 N67SN	Del Rio Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-27	FTW87FA225	Piper PA-28-235 N9296W	Houston Texas	serious injuries 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.