Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989

2,502 cases in 1989, 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 · 2,502

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1989-09-01	DEN89LA204	Cessna 150M N6372K	Delta Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-09-01	DEN89LA211	Cessna 182L N42027	Moab Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-09-01	LAX89LA298	Stinson 108 N97628	Cool California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-09-01	NYC89LA209	Cessna 210 N2054S	No. Windham Vermont	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-09-01	NYC89LA215	Beech 1900C N318BH	Boston Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-09-01	SEA89LA187	Evans Aircraft WITTMAN TAILWIND W10 N62JE	Mccall Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-31	ANC89LA152	Piper PA-18 N150LT	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	ANC89LA153	Piper PA-18 N13931	Gulkana Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	ATL89LA205	Beech A23-19 N5796V	Hertford North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	BFO89LA078	Hughes 269C N58281	Parkersburg West Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	CHI89IA180 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80 +1 more N490AA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1989-08-31	CHI89LA178	Cessna 120 N2101V	Brooklyn Michigan	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-31	LAX89FA294	Beech V35TC N6225V	Fort Jones California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-31	LAX89LA292	Cessna 172 N6270E	Bullhead City Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	NYC89LA205	Cessna 210N N873PJ	Westerly Rhode Island	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-31	NYC89LA208	Piper PA-32RT-300T N21353	Wolfeboro New Hampshire	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-31	NYC89LA212	Balloon Works FIREFLY N7406F	Hatboro Pennsylvania	serious injuries minor damage	Final
1989-08-31	SEA89FA155	Cessna 402B CGRKR	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-31	SEA89LA165	Piper PA-18-150 N83330	Burns Junction Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-30	DEN89LA203	Piper PA-28-180 N7111W	Dutch John Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-30	FTW89GA156	Piper PA-18-150 N4423Z	Grand Chenier Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1989-08-30	LAX89LA291	Schweizer SGS 2-33A +1 more N65843	Hemet California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-30	MKC89FA191	Piper PA-20 N2841P	Moose Lake Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-30	SEA89FA160	Cessna 152 +1 more N49231	Snohomish Washington	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-29	FTW89FA155	Piper PA-28R-180 N7593J	Pauls Valley Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-29	MIA89FA237	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1-220 N8802M	Oklawaha Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-29	NYC89FA204	Cessna U206F N8559Q	West Point New York	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-28	BFO89FA075	Piper PA-31-350 N234J	Lynchburg Virginia	5 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-28	DEN89FA202	Aerospatiale AS-350D N132SH	Blanchard Idaho	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-27	ANC89LA151	Maule M-4-210 N4605T	Bainbridge Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	ATL89LA204	Beech A23-19 N5684S	Gallatin Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	BFO89FA074	Beech C50 N4917B	Hagerstown Maryland	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-27	BFO89LA077	Taylorcraft BC-65 N24463	Leonardtown Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	CHI89DEM07	Amateur-built S-1D N787PA	Mt Pleasant Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	CHI89LA176	Piper PA-23-160 N8886	Eau Claire Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	DEN89FA200	Cessna 172 N4129F	Tremonton Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-27	DEN89LA201	Waco UPF7 N2369Q	Watkins Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	FTW89LA154	Cessna 150M N16090	Hearne Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-27	LAX89WA293	Beech BE-24 N5039M	Mexicali Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1989-08-27	MIA89LA235	Cessna 172N N5215E	Madison Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	MIA89LA236	Cessna 188A N5699J	Milton Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	MKC89LA189	Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A N63884	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	SEA89FA157	Beech C35 N5916C	Sandy Oregon	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-08-27	SEA89LA158	Piper PA-15 N4549H	Independence Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-26	ATL89LA203	Cessna 150G N465SR	Edgefield South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-26	BFO89LA076	Cessna 150 N6840G	Gaithersburg Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-26	CHI89DEC06	Amateur-built BD-5 N9BD	Pontiac Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-08-26	CHI89DEI03	Amateur-built LONG EZE N42WT	West Salem Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-08-26	FTW89LA153	Cessna 150C N7872Z	Jonesboro Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-08-26	LAX89LA163	Piper PA-28 N7172R	Williams Arizona	serious injuries 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.