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
1989-12-22	ATL90LA043	Schweizer 269C N75068	Norcross Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-22	LAX90LA055	Boeing 757-223 N611AM	Santa Ana California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-21	NYC90FA040	Piper PA-60-602P N6894Y	Frenchtown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-21	SEA90FA027	Cessna 172N N2228E	Nordland Washington	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-20	ATL90LA042	Bell TH-1 N106SR	Creola Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-20	CHI90LA048	Cessna 310Q N117CC	Grand Rapids Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-19	LAX90LA054	Piper PA-18-150 N4101E	Bumble Bee Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-18	CHI90DEE04	Cessna 172RG N9562B	Romeoville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-18	CHI90LA045	Beech 58P N6036S	Harrison Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-18	CHI90LA046	Cessna 150M N704NP	Lacrosse Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-17	ATL90FA040	Cessna 182 +1 more N8940T	Cincinnati Ohio	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-12-17	ATL90LA041	Beech A36 N8EM	Nashville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-17	MKC90FA038	Piper J3C-65 N6874H	Lynch Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-16	BFO90FA012	British Aerospace BAE 3101 N851JS	Staunton Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-16	DEN90FA033	Beech B35-A33 N477T	Castle Rock Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-16	LAX90LA052	Piper PA-12 N3266M	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-16	SEA90FA030	Amateur-built THORP T-18 N111GC	Austin Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-15	ANC90FA020	Boeing 747-400 PHBFC	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-15	LAX90DXQ01	Amateur-built SPEZIO TUHOLER N8841	Chilcoot California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-12-15	MIA90IA039 incident	Boeing 727 +1 more N64339	Ormond Beach Florida	no injuries	Final
1989-12-15	NYC90FA039	Piper PA-31-350 N45CH	Cairo Township New York	6 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-14	CHI90IA044 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N8969E	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-12-14	FTW90TL#01	Hughes 369E N600TP	Stroud Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1989-12-14	LAX90LA051	Cessna 172 N739EQ	Monterey California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-13	MKC90LA039	Beech 80 N525GT	Cape Girardeau Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-11	ANC90LA018	Cessna 402 N67941	Kotzebue Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-11	FTW90IA043 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N416AA	Baton Rouge Louisiana	no injuries	Final
1989-12-11	LAX90DJA02	Amateur-built BJ-1B N25601	Haleiwa, Oahu Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-11	LAX90LA081	Cessna 414 N8247Q	Bullhead City Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-11	SEA90LA029	Aero Commander 600 S-2D N1767S	Walla Walla Washington	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-12-10	ANC90LA019	Maule M-5 N6220M	Becky Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-10	ATL90FA038	Cessna T210N N5417C	Spindale North Carolina	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-10	CHI90DEV01	Cessna 210D N3955Y	Jerseyville Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-10	CHI90LA041	Cessna 172N II N75912	Middleton Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-10	CHI90LA069	Piper PA-28-161 N4372S	West Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-09	BFO90LA016	Piper PA-31 N7485L	Morgantown West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-09	CHI90FA040	Cessna 172M N1326U	Linden Michigan	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-09	CHI90LA042	Beech V35 N7988M	Cable Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-09	LAX90LA050	Hughes 369HS N9161F	Waimea Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-09	NYC90FA038	Boeing 727-31 N727PJ	Newark New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-09	NYC90LA037	Cessna 172G N4289L	Uxbridge Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-12-08	ANC90LA016	Cessna 180 N9418C	Alexander Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-08	ANC90LA028	Cessna 182 N8849T	Chakachamna Lk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-08	MIA90IA038 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 N404EA	Tallahassee Florida	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-12-08	SEA90FA028	Cessna 210-5 (205) CFOXF	Rainier Washington	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-07	LAX90LA047	Cessna 182E N2957Y	Avalon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-07	MIA90LA037	Cessna 172 N8785B	Atlantic Ocean AO	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-12-06	ATL90LA035	Waco HRE N31654	Alexander City Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-06	ATL90LA037	Beech A36 N2997S	Charlotte North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-12-06	LAX90LA049	Cessna 150D N4390U	Inyokern California	no injuries substantial damage	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.