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
1988-09-12	SEA88LA179	Cessna 152 N68142	Cottage Grove Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-11	ANC88LA134	Cessna 188B N9037R	Skwentna Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-11	ANC88LA139	Cessna 180B N3539E	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-11	BFO88FA082	Piper J3C-65 N98121	Orange Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-11	CHI88LA235	Cessna 182K N2616R	Detroit Lakes Minnesota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-11	LAX88FA332	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N1345Q	Picacho Arizona	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-09-11	LAX88LA310	Cessna 172F N5149F	Fairfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-11	SEA88LA178	Cessna 172P N54867	Shelton Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-10	ANC88LA136	Cessna 207 N6470H	Bethel Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-10	CHI88LA234	Fairchild PT-19 N46876	Converse Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-10	FTW88DRG09	Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS N8083	Briggs Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-10	LAX88DVA16	Hiller UH-12E N4029Y	Helm California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-10	LAX88LA315	Amateur-built THORP T-18 +1 more N45BH	Corona California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-09-10	LAX88LA316	Cessna 182M N4834P	Crescent City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-10	MKC88LA170	Cessna 172 N1462F	Warrensburg Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-10	NYC88LA234	Piper PA-28-180 N1840T	Griswold Connecticut	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-10	SEA88FA176	Bell 204B CFAHY	Entiat Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-10	SEA88LA177	Cessna 172M N8895V	Battle Mountain Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-09	ANC88LA131	Piper PA-18 N1759P	Iliamna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-09	ANC88LA132	Maule M-5-235 N362X	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-09	ATL88DKG18	Grumman G-164B N8132K	Smithville Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-09	CHI88FA233	Boeing 727-200 N729RW	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-09	NYC88FA235	Cessna 182RG N6064C	Greenville Maine	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-09	SEA88LA174	Piper PA-24-400 N8541P	Gasquet California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-09	SEA88LA175	Piper PA-20 N2526A	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-08	CHI88LA232	Piper PA-32-260 N9346C	Watertown Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-09-08	LAX88FA312	Piper PA-28-235 N8743W	Camarillo California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-08	LAX88FA314	Cessna 177RG N33283	San Luis Obispo California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-08	LAX88LA313	Cessna 172K N79226	Fresno California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-08	MKC88LA169	Cessna 195 N3040B	Keokuk Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-08	NYC88DHA04	Amateur-built SPORT N25JJ	Marshalls Creek Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-07	ANC88LA128	Cessna 180H N2483F	Figure 8 Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-07	CHI88LA230	Cessna 150F N7118F	Cambridge Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-07	FTW88DPA07	Bölkow BO-105C N210BB	Dallas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-07	MIA88FA267	Beech K35 N9525R	Morriston Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-06	ANC88LA127	Maule M-4 N12020	Eureka Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	ANC88LA129	Piper PA-18 N234E	Oshetna River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	ANC88LA130	Cessna 182TD N5369B	September Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	ATL88LA248	Taylorcraft BL-65 N24487	Calera Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	MIA88LA266	Piper PA-24-260 N8670P	Punta Gorda Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	MKC88LA168	Cessna 152 N5458P	Burlington Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-06	SEA88LA172	Amateur-built CASSUTT 3M N67Y	Caldwell Idaho	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-06	SEA88LA173	Maule M5-235C N56312	Priest River Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	ANC88LA125	Cessna 180K N2989K	Chickaloonflats Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	ANC88LA126	Stinson 108 N97326	Mt Spur Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	ATL88LA246	Cessna 182K N2636R	Hendersonville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	ATL88LA249	Hughes 269A N8823F	Saluda South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	CHI88DER13	Piper PA-22-150 N7222D	Cohasset Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-05	CHI88DER14	Amateur-built WOODSTOCK N369DK	Mankato Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-05	CHI88FA203	Piper PA-20 N7791K	Claypool Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Final

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.