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
1987-09-05	DEN87LA236	Let L-13 N38924	Buena Vista Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-05	FTW87FA208	Cessna 208 N807LA	Bulverde Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-05	FTW87FA209	Mooney M-20C N5590Q	Waller Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-05	FTW87FA210	Bellanca 7ACA N68529	Graford Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-05	LAX87LA324	Cessna 172N N6122G	Lee Vining California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-05	NYC87LA246	Piper PA-28 N3023M	Harrisburg Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-05	SEA87LA181	Luscombe 8A N71513	Burbank Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-05	SEA87LA182	Cessna 180H N2467F	Salmon Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-04	ATL87DEI12	Amateur-built W-8 N3992A	Painesville Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-04	ATL87FA248	Cessna 182 N71536	Lima Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-04	DEN87DTE05	Piper PA-25-235 N6796Z	Center Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-04	DEN87FA230	Cessna 170B N3541D	Cedar City Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-04	MIA87LA240	Bell 47G N73DB	New Port Richey Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	ANC87LA135	Piper PA-12 N4451M	Glennallen Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	ATL87DKG06	Pitts S-1 N11HJ	Brooks Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-03	ATL87DLT04	Nord (Sncan) SV4C N125V	Lebanon Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	BFO87LA061	Cessna 172 N78505	Tappahannock Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	CHI87FA212	Cessna 177 N2295Y	Genoa Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	CHI87IA201 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-71 N8078U	Chicago Illinois	minor injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-03	CHI87LA207	Cessna 150L N7502G	Ludington Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	FTW87LA207	Mooney M20 N894B	Livingston Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	LAX87LA323	Cessna 140 N224MK	Gorman California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	MKC87LA170	Ryan ST3KR N3761Q	Springdale Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-03	NYC87LA245	Piper PA-28-140 N596SP	Montgomeryville Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	ANC87LA134	Piper PA-18 N7233K	Kwethluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	ANC87LA145	Piper J3C-65 N42128	Kahlitna Glac Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	CHI87LA200	Aero Commander 690 N9168N	Appleton Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	LAX87LA321	Cessna 152C N757HK	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	LAX87LA322	Government Aircraft Fact (Gaf) NOMAD 24A N37808	Lanai Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	MIA87FA239	Cessna 421 N421DT	Coral Springs Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-02	MIA87IA237 incident	Boeing 727-223 N844AA	Tampa Florida	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	MIA87LA238	Aero Commander 680FL N111UA	St Thomas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-02	NYC87IA258 incident	Beech 99 N204BH	Portland Maine	minor injuries	Preliminary
1987-09-02	SEA87FA180	Cessna U206G II N756PS	Yakutat Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-01	ANC87LA132	Cessna 175 N7571M	Yellow Jacket Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-09-01	ATL87FA257	Beech V-35B N6591S	Hilton Head South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-01	LAX87DUJ11	Hiller UH-12E N236HA	Scottsdale Arizona	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-09-01	NYC87DNE05	Hall B-80M N180RH	Waterford Connecticut	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	ANC87LA130	Cessna 180F N25722	Cordova Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	ANC87LA131	Piper PA-12 N4302M	Kuskalana Pass Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	CHI87DEX08	Champion 7KCAB N6343N	Sheridan Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	LAX87DUG08	Amateur-built STARDUSTER II N1189B	Hemet California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	LAX87LA315	Cessna 172D N246WB	Fortuna California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	LAX87LA320	Cessna 172N N737SL	Sonora California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	MIA87FA236	Cessna 152 +1 more N48864	Opa Locka Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	NYC87LA232	Piper PA-28-161 N47993	Bridgeton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-31	NYC87LA242	Mooney M20B N77DL	Marlboro New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-30	ANC87LA136	Piper PA-18 N9775D	High Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-30	ATL87LA245	Piper PA-25 N6094Z	Myrtle Beach South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-30	ATL87LA246	Piper J3C-65 N92191	Greenville Kentucky	minor 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.