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
1988-10-02	NYC89LA002	Beech V35A N2715A	Derry New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	SEA89FA001	Amateur-built 337A N6314F	Eliza Island Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	SEA89FA002	Cessna T210M N1817M	Prosser Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-02	SEA89LA003	Let L-13 N9241Z	Enumclaw Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	ATL89LA001	Grumman AA-5A N26827	Ridgeland South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	ATL89LA002	Piper PA-24-250 N100J	Monroeville Alabama	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-01	BFO88LA087	Beech B23 N9110T	Roanoke Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	CHI88FA249	Piper PA-60-601P N14HR	Columbus Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-01	DEN89FA001	Cessna 152 N48926	Eden Utah	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-01	DEN89LA002	Cessna TP206B N4732F	Durango Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	FTW89DPA01	Amateur-built J-BIRD N151JS	Mckinney Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	LAX88DVA17	Hiller UH12E N46991	Mcfarland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	MIA89LA001	Robinson R22 N2628B	Orlando Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	MIA89LA002	Beech V35A N8076R	Fort Lauderdale Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	MKC88FA183	Beech D55 N7826R	N. Little Rock Arkansas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-01	MKC88LA182	Cessna 172E N3943S	Harrison Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	NYC89LA001	Piper PA-22-150 N3112Z	Mayville New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	SEA88LA191	Piper PA-28 N9550W	Troutdale Oregon	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	SEA89LA004	Cessna 177RG N2068Q	Bellingham Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-01	SEA89LA005	Piper PA-28-140 N7548R	North Fork Idaho	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-30	ANC88LA149	Cessna 206 N4634Z	Homer Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-30	ATL88LA257	Cessna 152 N95156	Conway South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-30	CHI88FA248	Cessna 210L N5268V	Monroe Wisconsin	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-30	LAX88DVG10	Cessna A188B N21871	Dixon California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-30	NYC88LA247	Cessna 172P N98305	New York New York	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-30	NYC88LA250	Bellanca 14-13-2 N74425	Sodus Bay New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-30	NYC88LA251	Cessna 210 N7457E	Kirkwood New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-30	SEA88LA192	Cessna 207 N1651U	Center Island Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	ANC88LA148	Bell 212 N397EH	Deadhorse Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-29	BFO88FA085	Maule M-5-210C N325X	Clarksville Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-29	DCA88RA108	Boeing 757 N523EA	Alajuela CS	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-09-29	DEN88LA209	Cessna 172 N8517B	Questa New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	FTW88LA166	Piper PA-28-140 N4683R	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	LAX88FA330	Bell 206L-1 N2246Q	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-29	MIA88LA275	Cessna 182N N9051G	Belleview Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	MKC88LA180	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q2 N39774	Winfield Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	NYC88DFJ04	Callair A-9 N8402V	Churchville New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	NYC88LA245	Piper PA-28-151 N43610	Carlton Center New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	SEA88LA190	Cessna 185F N4758E	Hillsboro Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-29	SEA88LA193	Piper PA-28-160 N5896W	Renton Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-28	ATL88FA256	Bellanca 14-19-3 N7637E	Oak Grove Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-28	BFO88LA086	Cessna 172M N85012	Keysville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-28	CHI88LA242	Piper PA-32-300 N8322C	Akron Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-28	MKC88LA181	Beech 77 N67572	Friendship Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-28	NYC88DGM02	Amateur-built QUICKIE Q2 N244GB	Martinsburg Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-27	LAX88DVM04	Weatherly 201B N1265W	Soledad California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-27	NYC88LA244	Cessna 177 N2839X	Machias Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-26	MIA88LA274	Piper PA-28-161 N4365D	Groveland Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-26	MKC88LA179	Piper PA-12 N3390M	Bertrand Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-26	NYC88DHM02	Air Command 532 UNREG	Stormville New York	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.