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
1987-08-02	MIA87LA221	Lake LA-4-200 N2878P	St.Augustine Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-02	NYC87LA217	Robinson R22 N9078Z	Sterling Massachusetts	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-02	NYC87LA218	Piper PA-28-181 N25HG	Newport New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-02	SEA87FA152	Cessna 172 N8696B	Pahrump Nevada	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	DEN87DTE02	Nord (Sncan) STAMPE SV4C N73NS	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-01	DEN87LA205	Cessna 172C N9748T	Cut Bank Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-08-01	FTW87FA183	Piper PA-24-250 N7841P	Kokomo Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	FTW87FA184	Piper PA-23-250 N5998Y	Imperial Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	LAX87FA286	Luscombe 8A N2098B	Oakdale California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	MIA87FA220	Amateur-built XA-430 N910DW	Lk Buena Vista Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	NYC87FA215	Cessna 182Q N735DS	Sparta New Jersey	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-01	NYC87LA216	Piper PA-18S N9075H	Brewster Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	ANC87FA112	Piper PA-18 N5416H	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	BFO87DIG08	Piper PA-28 N55757	Mitchellville Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	CHI87LA181	Cessna 182J N3164F	Lansing Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	DEN87FA203	Cessna A188B N231SH	Kalispell Montana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-31	DEN87LA202	Amateur-built SOPHWITH CAMEL CGNAT	Carrington North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	FTW87LA185	Cessna 150M N150RG	Sallisaw Oklahoma	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-31	LAX87LA288	Luscombe 8A N1017K	Selma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	MKC87LA150	Piper PA-25-235 N7532Z	Columbus Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	MKC87LA151	Cessna 150F N8591G	Bono Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	MKC87LA152	Aero Commander CALLAIR A9-B N7726V	Osgood Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	MKC87LA153	Grumman G-164A N6568	Widener Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	NYC87LA212	Lake LA-4-250 N14037	Westport New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	NYC87LA228	Cessna 172 N53461	Groton Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	SEA87LA151	Rockwell S-2R N4229X	Plymouth Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-31	SEA87LA153	Cessna 182A N6133B	Sunnyside Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	ATL87DKG05	Schweizer G-164A N8881H	Summerdale Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	CHI87LA180	Hughes 369HS N42405	Griffith Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	CHI87LA190	Cessna 150 N9456U	Wheeling Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	DEN87LA204	Bell 47J-2 N73265	Canon City Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	FTW87LA182	Piper PA-38-112 N23943	San Benito Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	MIA87LA218	Grumman G-164 N8102K	Pope Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	MKC87LA149	Piper PA-38-112 N2355N	Benton Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-30	NYC87LA270	Rockwell 112A N1223J	No Kingstown Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	CHI87FA177	Taylorcraft BC12-D N99AW	Morris Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-29	CHI87LA178	Robinson 22 N8383F	Minnetonka Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	DEN87LA199	Bell 204B N4580Y	Dubois Wyoming	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	DEN87LA201	Cessna 152 N714YF	Lafayette Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	FTW87LA180	Douglas DC-3A N39DT	Laredo Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	LAX87DVA10	Grumman G-164B N6725K	Taft California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	MIA87FA217	Cessna 185F N9003H	Hollywood Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	MIA87LA216	Piper PA-23-160 N22GM	St Petersburg Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-29	MKC87LA147	Cessna 188B N2833J	Fairfield Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	DEN87LA196	Piper PA-18-150 N7174B	Fargo North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	DEN87LA197	Cessna 172RG N4709R	Aspen Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	DEN87LA200	Cessna 185A N1686Z	Hillsboro North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	DEN87LA212	Cessna 414 N1648T	Cuba New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	LAX87LA285	Cessna 172P N52331	Kernville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-28	NYC87LA220	Aerospatiale AS350D N350AP	Nantucket Massachusetts	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.