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.
Cases newest first · 2,774
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-08-07 | MIA87LA224 | Bell 47J-2A N8523F |
Orlando Florida |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-07 | MKC87LA157 | Beech B19 N1954L |
Little Rock Arkansas |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-07 | MKC87LA158 | Beech 58 N9467Q |
Arkansas City Kansas |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-07 | NYC87LA219 | Mooney M20C N3457X |
Mclean New York |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-07 | SEA87LA159 | Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8803R |
Hamer Idaho |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | ANC87FA115 | Piper PA-18A N7479D |
Coldfoot Alaska |
1 killed destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | ATL87LA227 | Piper PA-18-150 N1023K |
Hopeful Georgia |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | CHI87DEE09 | Amateur-built B1-RD N44870 |
Kankakee/Elks Illinois |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | CHI87FA187 | Piper PA-28 N6793J |
Fairwater Wisconsin |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | CHI87LA189 | Aeronca 15AC N1135H |
St Bonifacius Minnesota |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | LAX87LA295 | North American T-6G N8335H |
Butte City California |
serious injuries destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-06 | SEA87FA158 | Cessna 150J N51358 |
Las Vegas Nevada |
1 killed destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | ANC87LA114 | Champion 7ECA N2644G |
Central Alaska |
1 killed substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | ATL87LA226 | Piper PA-25-235 N9867P |
Ardmore Alabama |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | CHI87FA185 | Cessna 120 N76249 |
Oshkosh Wisconsin |
serious injuries | Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | CHI87LA186 | Piper PA-28-161 N4358T |
Nobelsville Indiana |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | FTW87DQG02 | Piper PA-25 N6400Z |
Lubbock Texas |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | FTW87LA189 | Beech V35B N9048Q |
El Reno Oklahoma |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | LAX87DUG06 | Curtiss JN-4 N3712 |
Riverside California |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | LAX87DVD04 | Hiller UH-23-D N61PC |
Brentwood California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | LAX87LA293 | Cessna TU206G N756UN |
Chinle Arizona |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | LAX87LA294 | Bell 47D-1 N917B |
Taft California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | NYC87LA222 | Robinson R22 N2285Z |
Burrville Rhode Island |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-05 | SEA87LA157 | Bellanca 7GCBC N222WY |
North Plains Oregon |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | DEN87DTE03 | Grumman-Schweizer G-164A N8953H |
Springfield Colorado |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | DEN87DTG01 | Cessna 188 N3530Q |
Valley City North Dakota |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | DEN87LA208 | Cessna 180 N9913V |
Broomfield Colorado |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | DEN87LA209 | Bellanca 8KCAB N53811 |
Taos New Mexico |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | LAX87FA290 | Amateur-built DHC-6 +1 more N931MA |
Palmdale California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | LAX87FA291 | Navion A N4388K |
Hawthorne California |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | LAX87LA292 | Piper PA-34-200T N477BL |
El Monte California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | MKC87LA156 | Cessna 150M N714MB |
Atchison Kansas |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | NYC87LA213 | Cessna 172P N99171 |
Plainfield Connecticut |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | NYC87LA214 | Beech B19 N23838 |
Augusta Maine |
no injuries destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | NYC87LA221 | Piper PA-28-161 N8363H |
N. Andover Massachusetts |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | NYC87LA223 | Piper PA-28 N33791 |
Prospectville Pennsylvania |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | SEA87LA154 | Cessna 150M N8771U |
Austin Nevada |
no injuries destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | SEA87LA155 | Bellanca 14-19-3A N8883R |
Mahoney Creek Idaho |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-04 | SEA87LA160 | Cessna TR182 N9233R |
Eatonville Washington |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | CHI87IA183 incident |
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 +1 more N113AA |
Chicago Illinois |
no injuries | Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | CHI87LA182 | Piper J3 N6562H |
Vermillion Lake Minnesota |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | DEN87IA207 incident |
Airbus Industrie A-300-B4-203 N966C |
Denver Colorado |
no injuries minor damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | DEN87LA206 | Bell 206B N5001Q |
Albuquerque New Mexico |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | FTW87LA187 | Stinson 108-3 N6809M |
Hereford Texas |
minor injuries destroyed |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | MKC87LA154 | Piper PA-32RT N36646 |
Oelwein Iowa |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-03 | MKC87LA155 | Piper PA-36-300 N2338Y |
Swea City Iowa |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-02 | BFO87FA050 | Cessna 172P N54905 |
Whitemarsh Maryland |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-02 | CHI87DEV03 | Piper PA-22 N7958A |
Roanoke Illinois |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-02 | CHI87LA184 | Cessna 172Q N96593 |
Belleville Michigan |
no injuries substantial damage |
Preliminary |
| 1987-08-02 | FTW87LA186 | Let L-13 N78AS |
Hempstead Texas |
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.