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
1987-08-23	CHI87LA196	Beech A23 N8799M	Longville Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	FTW87FA206	Cessna U206G +1 more N4745U	Lissie Texas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	LAX87DUM05	Amateur-built DF-9 N6524J	Ramona California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	LAX87FA309	Beech C-55 N3784Q	Salton City California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1987-08-23	LAX87LA310	Bell 206B N2777R	Kailua-Kona Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	LAX87LA311	Piper PA-28-181 N9144T	Long Beach California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	LAX87LA312	Amateur-built AA-5A N26250	Tucson Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	LAX87LA316	Piper PA-30-160 N8441	Condord California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	MIA87FA231	Cessna 182A N4741D	Pensacola Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	MIA87IA229 incident	Cessna 402B N3767C	W.Palm Beach Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	MIA87LA230	Amateur-built AA-5 N100UA	Vega Baja Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	NYC87FAMS2	Piper PA-28-161 N83232	Nantucket Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	NYC87LA238	Boeing B-17G N93012	Beaver Falls Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	NYC87LA239	Taylorcraft BC-12D N96241	Bingham Maine	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-23	SEA87LA174	Amateur-built FLYING DUTCHMAN N38Z	Twin Falls Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-23	SEA87LA175	Robinson R-22 N8379Z	Tukwila Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-22	CHI87NA194 incident	Boeing 767-231ER N609TW	Belleville Illinois	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-08-22	DEN87DTI01	Cessna A188B N72414	Basin Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-22	LAX87LA313	Piper PA-38-112 N2483L	Buckeye Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-22	MIA87LA228	North American AT-6D N3771M	Panama City Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-22	MKC87FA165	Piper PA-22-150 N6079D	Batesville Arkansas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-22	NYC87DHJ02	Amateur-built KR-2 N2262N	Mattituck New York	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-21	BFO87DHD08	Bede Aircraft BD5B N533BD	Wilmington Delaware	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1987-08-21	BFO87FA057	Bell 206B N83080	Washington District of Columbia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-21	DEN87DTK01	Amateur-built MUSTANG II N44TA	Aberdeen South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-21	LAX87DUG07	Amateur-built Q-200 N2GQ	Redlands California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-21	MKC87LA166	Beech B23 N6078N	Creston Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-21	SEA87LA172	Bell 47G2 N74161	Grandview Washington	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-21	SEA87LA173	Cessna 172 N2007Y	Burns Oregon	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	ANC87LA126	Cessna 172 N5530T	Clear Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	DEN87LA223	Piper PA-11 N4700M	Longmont Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	FTW87LA202	Piper PA-28-181 N6895J	Bridgeport Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	FTW87LA205	Beech RC-45J N11249	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	MIA87LA227	Cessna 182P N1591M	Highland Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	NYC87MA236	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 +1 more N951R	Newburgh New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-20	SEA87LA171	Cessna 172 CGHKY	Kelso Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-19	ATL87FA234	Piper PA-28-140 N5561U	Aurora North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-19	ATL87FA235	Cessna 172A N7559T	Camilia Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-19	CHI87LA193	Piper PA-28-140 N32387	Troy Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-19	FTW87DRD13	Air Tractor AT-400A N3159C	Monroe Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-19	FTW87FA203	Aerospatiale AS-355F-1 N359E	Ship Shoal 214C	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-19	LAX87LA308	Piper PA-16 N5753H	Ehrenberg Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-19	SEA87LA170	Cessna 182 N5549B	Boulder City Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	ANC87LA125	Piper PA-12 N3580M	Homer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	ATL87LA237	Cessna 172 N733DQ	Jacksonville Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	CHI87LA192	Cessna 170A N1354D	Monticello Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	FTW87DRD11	Grumman G-164A N9685	Bastrop Louisiana	fatal minor damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	FTW87LA204	Beech F50 N5629D	Terlingua Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-18	MKC87FA163	Beech 35 N3204V	Excelsior Spgs Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-18	NYC87FA272	Bellanca 8GCBC N5060K	Martha Vineyard Massachusetts	1 killed 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.