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
1988-09-26	NYC88LA242	Amateur-built AA-5B N4518N	Roscoe New York	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-26	NYC88LA243	Piper PA-28-181 N8289T	Keene New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-25	ATL88LA255	Cessna 150 N7831E	Bessemer City North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	CHI88FA244	Piper PA-28 N6151W	Hutchinson Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-25	CHI88LA245	Cessna 150F N381VU	Baraboo Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	FTW88DPA10	Bell 206L-1 N1069Q	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	LAX88LA328	Centrair 101 N101LV	Vacaville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	MIA88WA273	Piper PA-23-250 N14199	Staniel Cay Burkina Faso	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	MKC88LA177	Aerospatiale TB-20 N31TB	Omaha Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	MKC88LA178	Cessna 172 N2866Q	Cameron Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-25	NYC88LA241	Cessna 152 N94228	Millbrook New York	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-25	SEA88LA189	Bellanca 7ECA N1047Y	Toledo Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	ANC88LA147	Amateur-built DHC-2 N53546	Zacher Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	CHI88LA246	Cessna 150G N8570J	Butler Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	CHI88LA247	Piper PA-28-181 N21985	Orleans Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-24	FTW88DPJ13	Nord (Sncan) 1101 N5337M	Ardmore Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	FTW88DRG13	Amateur-built T-40 N187T	Georgetown Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-09-24	MIA88LA276	Piper PA-28R-200 N15513	Bunnell Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	NYC88LA240	Cessna 150 N3099X	Burlington Connecticut	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-24	SEA88LA188	Amateur-built BUSHBY MUSTANG II N7SV	Everett Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-23	BFO88LA084	Piper PA-25-235 N7781Z	Princess Anne Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-23	CHI88LA243	Cessna 185F N3815Q	Benson Minnesota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-23	LAX88FA327	Piper PA-32-260 N3451W	Fullerton California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-09-23	MIA88LA272	Cessna 172F N8707U	Lake Wales Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-23	SEA88LA184	Piper PA-31T-620 N234K	Eugene Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-23	SEA88LA185	Piper J3C-65 N3647N	Coeur D'Alene Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-23	SEA88LA186	Taylorcraft BC-12D N96248	Seattle Washington	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-23	SEA88LA187	Cessna 210L N249CC	Juneau Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	ANC88LA146	Cessna 207A N1763U	New Koliganek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	ATL88LA253	Cessna 150G N3772J	Luverne Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	CHI88LA241	Cessna 550 N29TC	Fremont Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	DEN88LA210	Piper PA-28-140 N3621K	Kerrville Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-22	FTW88IA165 incident	Boeing 727-200 N710AA	Dfw Airport Texas	minor injuries minor damage	Final
1988-09-22	LAX88DVA15	Schweizer G-164A N9946	Laton California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	MKC88FA176	Beech C23 N6022C	Belle Plaines Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-22	NYC88FA238	Amateur-built DH-7-58C N170RA	Albany New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-22	SEA88LA183	Cessna 150L N11582	Hadlock Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-21	ANC88LA145	Cessna 185F N61500	Chip River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-21	CHI88DEP13	Amateur-built AIR COMMAND 532 N7015C	Cottage Grove Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-21	CHI88DET06	Amateur-built NONE UNREG	Elkhart Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-21	MIA88LA270	Cessna 172 N7048A	Panacea Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-21	MKC88FA175	Cessna 310R N36HD	Latimer Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-21	NYC88IA246 incident	Boeing 747-100 N9674	Georgetown Guyana	minor injuries	Final
1988-09-20	CHI88FA240	Bellanca 8KCAB N50702	Oswego Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-20	DEN88FA213	Piper PA-22-150 N3863P	Curtin Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-20	DEN88LA208	Cessna 421B N44HV	Winner South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-20	LAX88LA326	Cessna 172L N7233Q	Banning California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-19	DEN88LA211	Cessna 172Q N66076	Broomfield Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-19	FTW88DPA08	North American TB-25N N9079Z	Wichita Falls Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-19	FTW88DRD21	Air Tractor AT301 N31646	Ferriday Louisiana	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.