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
1988-09-05	DEN88FA199	Glasflugel H-301 N71949	Salida Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-05	FTW88FA162	Cessna 172P N99144	Marietta Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-05	FTW88LA163	American AA1B N6208L	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	MIA88LA265	Piper PA-32-300 N43046	Waynesboro Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	SEA88FA167	Britten-Norman BN-2A N111VA	Sitka Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-05	SEA88FA169	Cessna 172E N3841S	Petersburg Alaska	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-05	SEA88LA170	Grumman AA-5 N9559L	Toledo Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-05	SEA88LA171	Cessna 172L N2811Q	Leavenworth Washington	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	ANC88LA122	Helio H-295 N456JH	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	ANC88LA123	Amateur-built DHC-2 N906JS	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	ANC88LA124	Piper PA-18-150 N7697D	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	ATL88LA245	Piper PA-28R-200 N1281T	Charleston Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	CHI88FA231	Cessna 172P N52601	Boyne City Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-04	CHI88LA236	Schweizer 2-33A N3613F	Hinckley Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	DEN88LA200	Thunder and Colt AX8-90 N90EH	Las Cruces New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-04	FTW88FA161	Piper PA-34-220T N83874	Carthage Texas	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-04	LAX88FA307	Cessna 172 N54814	Grand Canyon Arizona	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-04	LAX88FA308	Cessna 150F N7093F	Chino California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-04	LAX88FA309	Cessna 150J N60547	Hemet California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-04	MIA88LA271	Piper PA-28 N722TC	Lake Wales Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-03	ATL88LA244	Cessna 177RG N52655	Berkeley Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-03	DEN88LA198	Cessna 150F N6737F	Peyton Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-03	FTW88FA160	Cessna 170A N9101A	El Paso Texas	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-03	LAX88FAMS3	Cessna 172P N51886	Kauai Hawaii	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-03	MIA88LA264	Piper PA-28 N36190	Orlando Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-03	NYC88LA233	Piper PA-38-112 N2568N	Parker City Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-03	SEA88LA168	Cessna 180B N5085E	Dixie Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-02	CHI88LA229	Grumman AA-5B N28774	Schaumburg Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-02	DEN88LA197	Piper PA-24-260C N9436P	Hamilton Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-02	LAX88DVA14	Ayres S2R-T34 N4009M	Five Points California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-02	LAX88FA306	Piper PA-28-161 N4328Y	Temecula California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-09-02	LAX88LA305	Cessna 150J N60117	Santa Ynez California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	CHI88LA228	Lake LA-4-200 N8012A	Fox Lake Illinois	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-01	DEN88LA196	Cessna 182RG N3184C	Antelope Wells New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	FTW88DRG12	Cessna 182R N3163E	Spicewood Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-01	FTW88LA158	Bell 206B N5747Z	West Cameron 28	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-09-01	FTW88LA159	Cessna 180H N9730G	Welsh Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	MIA88LA263	Piper PA-28-181 HBPLH	Lakeland Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	MKC88LA167	Swearingen SA-226 N257AM	Emporia Kansas	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	NYC88LA231	Piper PA-28-161 N9087D	Mansfield Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-09-01	NYC88LA232	Cessna 152 N94502	Windham Connecticut	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	ANC88LA120	Cessna 170B N2905D	Willow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	ANC88LA121	Maule M-5-210C N307X	Kukaklek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	ATL88IA242 incident	Beech 23 N2341J	Frankfort Kentucky	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	BFO88LA080	Piper PA-28R-200 N15948	Charleston West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	BFO88LA081	Amateur-built ACROSPORT 1 N47TA	Danville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	DCA88MA072	Boeing 727-232 N473DA	Dallas/Ft Worth Texas	14 killed destroyed	Final
1988-08-31	FTW88DPJ11	Cessna 150F N6474F	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-31	LAX88LA304	Bell 206L-1 N74WH	Barrett Junct. California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-30	ATL88DKG15	Rockwell S2R N4887X	Pelham Georgia	minor 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.