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
1988-12-23	MIA89LA056	Hughes 269A N1025J	Crystal River Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	MIA89LA057	Sikorsky S-58B N45726	Kissimmee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-22	CHI89DET02	Cessna 150H N50331	Benton Harbor Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-22	CHI89IA034 incident	Aerospatiale ATR-42 N427MQ	Mosinee Wisconsin	no injuries	Final
1988-12-22	FTW89LA032	Mooney M20C N6444U	Houma Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-22	LAX89LA066	Cessna 150L N1542Q	Hesperia California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-22	MIA89LA055	Cessna 172N N5160F	Clearwater Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-22	MKC89FA043	Bell 206L-1 N119CG	Cape Girardeau Missouri	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-22	MKC89LA045	Cessna 175 N7159M	Lawrence Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-22	NYC89FA053	Cessna 414 N244RM	Franklin Twp Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-22	NYC89LA054	Cessna 152 N5465P	Hyannis Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-21	ANC89LA025	Cessna 207 N9948M	Kotzebue Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-21	ANC89LA026	Cessna 185 N70087	Porcupine Lodge Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-21	DCA89RA014	Boeing 747-121 N739PA	Lockerbie United Kingdom	259 killed	Preliminary
1988-12-21	DEN89FA045	Piper PA-24-250 N751SP	Elephant Butte New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-21	FTW89DPJ02	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C N99636	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-21	LAX89LA073	Bell 206L-1 N1072S	Oakland California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-21	MIA89FA054	Cessna 310L N2251F	Cedar Key Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-20	ATL89LA056	Beech A36 N17696	Athens Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-20	CHI89LA033	Cessna 414 N414CM	Pontiac Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-20	NYC89LA052	Cessna 152 N24824	Pedricktown New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-19	ATL89IA057 incident	Lockheed L-1011 UNK	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-12-19	MIA89LA053	Pilatus P-2/05 N109PL	St. Augustine Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-19	MKC89LA042	Beech 58 N18434	Elkhart Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-18	ANC89LA024	Cessna 170B N3138B	North Pole Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-18	DEN89LA043	Piper PA-24-250 N6843P	Peyton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-18	LAX89LA065	Bellanca 7KCAB N36627	Phoenix Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-18	MKC89LA040	Cessna 152 N757YE	Creve Coeur Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-18	MKC89LA041	Bell 206L-1 N5012J	Linwood Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-17	CHI89DEE01	Cessna 210L N5225K	Bannock Burn Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-17	DEN89LA044	Cessna 150E N6122T	Basin Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-17	DEN89LA046	Piper PA-11 N78654	Hammond Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-17	LAX89FA064	Cessna T210L N4675Q	Buena Park California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-17	MKC89LA039	Cessna 150 N704LB	Rolla Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-17	NYC89LA051	Cessna 152 N6558P	Stacyville Maine	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-17	SEA89LA028	Cessna 210D N3815Y	Twin Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-16	CHI89LA032	Cessna 152II N714ZE	Lake In the Hls Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-16	DCA89WA019	Boeing 747-124 N822FT	Hong Kong	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-16	DEN89LA042	Cessna 152 N49209	Greeley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-16	FTW89RA034	Learjet 24B N234CM	Cuatro Cienegas Mexico	2 killed	Preliminary
1988-12-16	MIA89IA052 incident	Cessna 150 N8484U	Naples Florida	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-12-16	MIA89LA051	Cessna 172G N4419L	Venice Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-16	NYC89LA050	Cessna 150 N63136	Lyme Connecticut	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-16	SEA89LA026	Cessna 152 N67638	Medford Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-15	DEN89FA041	Piper PA-28R-201T N3110Q	Arvada Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-15	SEA89LA025	Cessna 177RG N51386	Monroe Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-14	SEA89FA027	Amateur-built DHC-2 N89U	Kasaan Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-13	LAX89DVM03	Amateur-built VARIEZE N226RB	Palo Alto California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-13	MIA89TF#01	Aerospatiale AS-350B N152BC	Okeelanta Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-12	ANC89LA023	Cessna 207 N70076	Napaskiak Alaska	no 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.