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
1987-09-16	FTW87FA219	Amateur-built AA-5A N6035L	Corpus Christi Texas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-16	FTW87LA220	Bell 206B N2206F	Gulf of Mexico	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-16	LAX87LA342	Cessna 152 N5107B	Monterey California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	MIA87FA248	Boeing 727 N8857E	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	MIA87IA246 incident	Piper PA-60 N9784Q	W.Palm Beach Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-09-16	MIA87LA249	Mooney M20J N201UX	Macclenny Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	ANC87LA147	Cessna 170B N3410D	Skwentna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	ANC87LA159	Piper PA-18 N4370A	Skwentna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	ANC87LA160	Cessna 185 N5416R	Mt. Watana Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	ATL87DKG07	Grumman G-164A N6590	Alamo Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-15	ATL87LA259	Cessna 150G N2280J	Concord North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-15	CHI87DEE10	Hughes 269A N8927F	Plainfield Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	FTW87LA218	Beech 58 N4274A	Guthrie Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	LAX87DUG09	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N157JG	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	LAX87LA336	Piper PA-18-150 N999BA	Byron California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-15	MIA87LA247	Beech 200 N211PD	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	NYC87LA255	Piper PA-28-140 N15793	Emmaus Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-15	SEA87LA188	Amateur-built OWL RACER 65-2 N5JG	Reno Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-14	ANC87LA149	Taylorcraft F-19 N3686T	Kuskatan River Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	ANC87LA150	Aeronca 7AC N82171	Island Lake Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	ANC87LA152	Piper PA-18-150 N5656Y	Stoney River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	DEN87LA240	Cessna 177B N34157	Fort Collins Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	FTW87LA217	Cessna 401A N6249Q	Wichita Falls Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	LAX87FA335	Mooney M20J N3551H	Dublin California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-14	LAX87FA337	Piper AEROSTAR 601P N902RG	Corona California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-14	NYC87LA248	Cessna 150J N51085	Brookline New Hampshire	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-14	NYC87LA253	Cessna 172D N2467U	Scottdale Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-14	SEA87LA187	Piper PA-18 N1394V	John Day Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-13	ATL87LA258	Beech A23-24 N3651Q	Fremont Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-13	DEN87FA237	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N5059F	Pinedale Wyoming	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-13	DEN87LA238	Maule M-5-210TC N5637D	Moab Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-13	FTW87DPJ08	Air Tractor 301A N3651D	Hollis Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-13	FTW87LA215	Aeronca 7AC N84191	Batesvile Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-13	FTW87LA216	Cessna 172 N179FR	Edmond Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-12	ANC87LA155	Cessna 182 N2192R	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-12	CHI87LA211	Cessna 172K N84352	Jefferson Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-12	FTW87FA214	Beech 58P N1158T	Austin Texas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	NYC87FA250	Piper PA-28-236 N2186B	Gaylordsville Connecticut	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	NYC87FA251	Cessna 152 N25223	Boxborough Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	NYC87FA252	Piper PA-28-140 N670FL	East Granby Connecticut	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-12	SEA87LA186	Hiller UH-12E N8QA	Quincy Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-11	ATL87FA255	Cessna 402C N4630N	Atlanta Georgia	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	ATL87LA254	Aerostar 600 +1 more N8073J	Columbus Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	ATL87LA256	Hughes 269A N8709F	Morristown Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	BFO87LA064	Piper PA-28-140 N5515U	Clinton Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	FTW87FA213	Partenavia P68C N1352W	New Orleans Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-11	LAX87DJA09	Emair MA-1-B N9924M	Paauilo Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	LAX87LA333	Aeronca CHAMP 7AC N85022	Victorville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-11	MIA87LA243	Beech V-35B N9008Q	Apalachicola Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-11	MIA87LA244	Air Tractor AT301 N23600	Belle Glade Florida	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.