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
1987-09-27	LAX87DVD05	Amateur-built SCORPION 133 N25059	Boonville California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-27	LAX87LA348	Cessna 175 N7495M	Camp Verde Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	NYC87LA237	Piper PA-28-161 N4332N	Stow Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	NYC87LA268	Piper PA-28 N302RB	Plymouth Vermont	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-27	SEA87FA194	Hughes 369D N8613F	Seattle Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-27	SEA87LA196	Cessna 150F N8751S	Mount Vernon Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	ANC87LA167	Piper PA-18 N4471A	Beluga Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	ANC87LA168	Champion AERONCA TL N3446	White Mountain Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	CHI87LA224	Cessna 172L N3599F	Lakeville Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	DEN87LA244	Cessna 140 N76907	San Ysidro New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	DEN87LA245	Enstrom 280C N5692D	Bountiful Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-26	LAX87LA346	Boeing A75N1 N68853	Lakeport California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	LAX87LA347	Cessna 182D N8711X	San Ramon California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MIA87FA260	Beech B35 N417	Kissimmee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MIA87LA263	Cessna 411 N39BJ	No.Atlantic Oc AO	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MKC87LA178	Aero Commander 500B N192CA	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MKC87LA179	Amateur-built PITTS S-1 N4365	Orleans Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	MKC87LA180	Piper PA-24-250 N5279P	Osage Beach Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	NYC87LA254	Beech E55 N4158A	Block Island Rhode Island	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	NYC87LA267	Grumman AA-5A N9772U	Irwin Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	NYC87LA271	Piper PA-28-180 N9122J	Waynesburg Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-26	SEA87LA195	Beech 23 N2330Q	Basin City Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	ATL87FA262	Piper PA-31-350 N117EV	Demopolis Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	ATL87LA266	Cessna 172H N3885R	Chuckey Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	CHI87DEC05	Amateur-built B-8M N2469	Fraser Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1987-09-25	CHI87LA221	Piper PA-28-181 N7688F	Troy Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	DEN87LA239	Cessna 195 N3006B	Colorado Sprgs Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	FTW87LA224	Cessna 150M N63156	Addison Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	MIA87FA259	Beech D18S N76Q	Miami Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	NYC87FA262	Piper PA-32-300 N38364	Montoursville Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-25	NYC87LA269	Ryan ST-3RR N400AW	Hamburg New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-25	SEA87MA192	Fairchild SA227-AC N2689E	Twin Falls Idaho	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-24	ATL87LA261	Cessna 150E N2599J	Winston Salem North Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-24	FTW87LA227	Cessna 152 N67439	Mckinney Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-24	MIA87LA258	Aero Commander 560-F N61BT	Opa Locka Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-24	SEA87LA193	Cessna 340A N2699S	Tecopa California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-23	ATL87LA265	Cessna 172 N733JZ	Murfreesboro Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-23	BFO87DID04	Amateur-built STARDUSTER N36GP	Roanoke Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-23	FTW87DPJ09	G&C Helicopters EL TOMCAT MK5A N17315	Marlow Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-23	MIA87FA257	Piper PA-32-300 N4010R	Geneva Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-23	MIA87LA252	Cessna 150M N704HB	Belle Glade Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-23	MKC87LA177	Beech A23A N6958Q	Wentzville Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-22	ANC87LA163	Piper PA-18-150 N90947	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-22	CHI87DEX09	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY DH-90 N190DH	Sellersburg Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-22	CHI87FA219	Beech H-18 N5850S	Rockford Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-22	CHI87LA217	Piper PA-32R-300 N8799E	Hillsdale Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-22	LAX87DVA12	Grumman G164B N6607Q	Buttonwillow California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-22	LAX87LA349	Cessna 172P N5366K	Santa Monica California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-22	MIA87LA253	Cessna TU206F N8741Q	Tavernier Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-22	SEA87FA190	Cessna T210L N2545S	Hailey Idaho	3 killed 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.