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
1987-12-21	MIA88IA068 incident	Beech 99 N6724D	Tampa Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-12-21	MIA88LA073	Cessna 152 N757EQ	Missing	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-21	MKC88LA031	Amateur-built 2L N502WM	St. Louis Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-20	LAX88LA072	Cessna 172 N7970B	Fallbrook California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-20	SEA88FA032	Piper PA-28-140 N4306J	Eastsound Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-19	ANC88FA022	Cessna 208 N9438F	Bethel Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-19	DEN88LA038	Cessna T210R N7381U	Bismarck North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-19	DEN88LA039	Piper PA-38-112 N23497	Las Cruces New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-19	FTW88DRG04	Mbb 109 N8575	Harlingen Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-19	FTW88FA038	Piper PA-28R-200 N33007	Burnet Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-19	LAX88FA071	Beech A35 +1 more N675B	Chino Hills California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1987-12-19	MIA88LA065	Cessna 172 N5123G	Guvate Puerto Rico	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-19	NYC88LA058	Cessna 182 N3041Y	Hammonton New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-18	BFO88FA010	Swearingen SA-226 N23AZ	Chantilly Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-18	CHI88FA035	Beech 58 N3702K	Wedron Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-18	MIA88LA066	Cessna A188B N731LS	South Bay Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-18	MIA88LA067	Amateur-built AA5A CGRRP	Marathon Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-18	MKC88LA030	Cessna 150H N23303	Siloam Springs Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-17	ATL88FA066	Fairchild M-62A-3 N9132H	Monroe North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-17	FTW88LA040	Hughes 269A-1 N8945F	Eldorado Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-17	MIA88WA086	Boeing 747-124F HK290	Bogota Colombia	substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-16	ATL88LA065	Amateur-built AA-5 N7151L	Elizabethtown Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-16	MKC88FA028	Aero Commander 680FL +1 more N6509V	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-16	MKC88LA029	Piper PA-28-140 N1595J	Osceola Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-15	DEN88FA037	Piper PA-28-161 N2138J	Draper Utah	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-15	MIA88LA064	Beech 95-C55 N707CC	Marathon Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-15	NYC88LA057	Grumman AA-5A N74085	Rome New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-15	SEA88FA031	Piper PA-32R-300 N400LA	Lakeport California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-14	MKC88FA027	British Aerospace BAE-3101 N331PX	Joplin Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-13	ATL88LA064	Cessna 150G N6258S	Grantham North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-13	MIA88FA063	Piper PA-22-135 N3512A	Geneva Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-12	ATL88FA060	Piper PA-32-260 N3632W	Moultrie Georgia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-12	ATL88LA063	Cessna 150K N5995G	Portland Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-12	LAX88LA069	Cessna 172N N734YZ	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-12	MIA88LA061	Piper PA-18-150 N80BJ	Fellsmere Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-12	MIA88LA062	Champion 7EC N4387C	Ocoee Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-12	SEA88LA030	Piper PA-23-160 +1 more N3275P	Aurora Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	ANC88FA020	Cessna 207A N9979M	Ambler Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	ATL88FA059	Cessna 421A N777RC	Hilton Head Isl South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-11	ATL88LA061	Piper PA-28-180 N9494J	Richmond Hts Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	ATL88LA062	Cessna 172P N52701	Columbus Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	LAX88DVD01	Texas Helicopter WASP/M74L N51843	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	LAX88LA050	Cessna 150H N50320	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-11	MIA88LA060	Mooney M20J N4324H	St Theresa Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-11	MKC88LA024	Cessna 182Q N735SV	Coffeyville Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-10	ATL88LA058	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N87102	Marlboro Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-10	DEN88FA128	Cessna 177RG N1868Q	Afton Wyoming	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-10	MIA88FA058	Embraer EMB 120 N232AS	Columbus Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-10	MIA88LA059	Piper PA-18-135 N8767C	Daytona Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-10	MKC88FA026	Varga 2150A N4VK	Conroe Texas	serious 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.