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
1987-09-21	ANC87FA165	Piper PA-31-310 CGPAC	Eldred Rock Alaska	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-21	ANC87LA166	Cessna 170A N9240A	Melozitna River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-21	DEN87DTI02	Amateur-built DEUCE N9659A	Gillette Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-21	FTW87FA223	Piper J3C-65 N3685K	Greenwood Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-21	MIA87IA256 incident	Gates Learjet 36A N900MD	Tyndall Afb Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-09-21	MIA87LA254	Grumman G-164B N6647Q	Bristol Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-21	MKC87LA176	Amateur-built VARIEZE N24GE	Lebanon Missouri	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-21	SEA87LA191	Cessna P210N N4500K	Las Vegas Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	ANC87LA164	Interstate S-1B2 N50AA	Beluga River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	BFO87LA066	Piper PA-32-260 N3636W	Roanoke Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	CHI87LA214	Beech E55 N146M	Green Bay Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	CHI87LA215	Piper PA-22-150 N7108B	Belleville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	CHI87LA216	Cessna 170B N473CJ	Washington Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	CHI87LA218	Piper PA-28RT-201T N8315S	Grayslake Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	CHI87LA220	Cessna 172RG N9543B	Pinckneyville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	DEN87LA242	Mooney M20K N6874U	Aspen Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-20	FTW87FA222	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-D N3815H	Jackson Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87FA341	Bellanca 7ECA N8598V	Sonoma California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87LA340	Piper JC3-65 N6187H	Sacramento California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87LA343	Piper PA-28-180 N7896W	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87LA344	Cessna 150 N91AV	Marana Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	LAX87LA345	Cessna 180K N2573K	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	MKC87LA174	Cessna 120 N2061V	Creighton Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-20	NYC87LA261	Cessna 172P N99151	Fitchburg Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-19	ANC87LA162	Cessna 206G N756TT	100Mi S.Kng Slm Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-19	ATL87LA263	Cessna 140 N77126	Jesup Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-19	MIA87FA250	Commonwealth 185 +1 more N92919	St. Petersburg Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-19	MKC87LA173	Cessna 172M N13568	Festus Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-19	MKC87LA175	Cessna 180B N5133E	Atkinson Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-19	SEA87LA189	Cessna 182Q N96847	Cathlamet Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-18	DEN87DTM01	Evans Aircraft VP-2 N84772	Cedar Valley Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-18	MIA87LA251	Cessna 152 N67896	Plant City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-18	MKC87FA172	Schweizer G-164B N36328	Weiner Arkansas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-18	NYC87FA260	Boeing 737 N318AU	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-18	NYC87LA259	Beech 23 N2216L	Montpelier Vermont	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	ANC87LA157	Cessna 185 N9914X	Little Delta Rv Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	ANC87LA158	Cessna 207 N1786U	Two Lakes Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	ANC87LA161	Piper PA-18 N7051	Sparrevohn Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	FTW87DPJ07	Mooney M20F N9520M	Jenks Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	FTW87LA221	Cessna 340A N5449G	Lubbock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-17	LAX87LA338	Cessna 152 N6576B	Napa California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	LAX87LA339	Hughes 269C N1101K	Freemont California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-17	NYC87FA257	Boeing 727-200 N774AL	Pittsburgh Pennsylvania	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ANC87FA153	Piper PA-12 N3140M	Shaw Creek Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ANC87LA154	Piper PA-18A N9350D	Windy Ridge Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ANC87LA156	Piper PA-12 N3666N	Valdez Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ANC87LA169	Cessna 185 N1050F	Wind River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	ATL87LA260	Bellanca 17-30A N7378V	Louisville Kentucky	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	BFO87FA065	Beech 58 N150TC	Baltimore Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	DEN87LA241	Cessna TU206G N756HD	Spanish Fork Utah	no 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.