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
1988-08-02	MIA88WA251	Piper PA-31-325 N300HL	El Porvenir Saint Pierre and Miquelon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-02	MKC88LA146	Varga 2150A N8259J	Washington Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-02	MKC88LA148	Rockwell S-2R N3682X	Tarry Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	ANC88LA102	Piper PA-18 N8580D	Valdez Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	ATL88LA223	Piper PA-34-200T N8191J	Laurens South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	BFO88LA070	Cessna 150K N5682G	Selbyville Delaware	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	CHI88DEP08	Amateur-built SONERAI II N79TG	Wisc Rapids Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	CHI88FAMS2	Mooney M20K N56352	Racine Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-08-01	CHI88LA185	Cessna 172N N2282E	Xenia Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	CHI88LA187	Piper PA-22-108 N4982Z	Cheboygan Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-01	MIA88IA240 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 N924DL	Pensacola Florida	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-08-01	NYC88LA200	Cessna 152 N4609L	Hillsville Pennsylvania	no injuries destroyed	Final
1988-07-31	CHI88DEE08	Amateur-built STARDUSTER SA100 N9119R	Monee Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-31	CHI88FA183	Boeing B75N1 N4408N	Wonder Lake Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	CHI88LA180	Piper PA-38-112 N9291T	St. Jacob Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	CHI88LA181	Cessna 152 N69120	Belleville Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	CHI88LA182	Piper PA-38-112 N2539G	Flint Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	DEN88LA164	Stinson 108 N97395	Lordsburg New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	LAX88FA277	Cessna 414A N414YV	Big Pine California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-31	LAX88LA276	Raven RX-6 N1183R	Sun City California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	MKC88LA143	Cessna 188 N21779	York Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-31	NYC88FA248	Piper PA-39-30 N2875A	Margaretville New York	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-30	ANC88LA101	Piper PA-28-140 N2212F	Pilot Point Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	ATL88DKG11	Piper PA-25-235 N4880Y	Climax Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	ATL88LA222	Beech V35B N38573	Parson Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	CHI88DER06	Hiller UH-12E N173HA	Buffalo Lake Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-30	LAX88DVG09	Schweizer G-164B N3633C	Robbins California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	LAX88FA272	Cessna 177RG N52504	Cedar Grove California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-30	LAX88FA274	Learjet 23 N745F	Perris California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-30	LAX88LA275	Piper PA-28-161 N8414A	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	MIA88FA239	Piper PA-23-160 N3464P	Avon Park Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-30	MIA88WA241	Piper PA-23-250 N6283Y	Nassau Burkina Faso	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-30	MKC88DPG02	Snow 600-S2C +1 more N1671S	Almyra Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-30	MKC88LA144	Grumman G-164B N6823K	Cherry Valley Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	MKC88LA145	Grumman G-164B N8257K	West Helena Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-30	NYC88LA198	Lake LA-4-200 N2883P	Montpelier Vermont	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-30	NYC88LA199	Cessna 172L N19699	No. Kingstown Rhode Island	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-30	SEA88FA140	Cessna 185 N70168	Liscome Bay Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-29	CHI88FA179	Piper PA-30 N43GS	Oshkosh Wisconsin	fatal	Preliminary
1988-07-29	CHI88LA184	Piper J-3 N92483	Waynesville Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-29	DEN88LA169	Piper PA-18 N3290B	Forsyth Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-29	LAX88FA273	Rearwin 8500 N15855	Glendale California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-29	LAX88LA271	Piper PA-38-112 N91352	Healdsburg California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-29	MKC88LA142	Amateur-built E-RACER N131RD	Dubuque Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-29	NYC88LA197	Erco 415C N94011	W. Bloomfield New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-29	SEA88LA141	Cessna 152 N24995	Ft. Lewis Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	ANC88FA100	Fairchild SA227-AT N482SA	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	ANC88LA099	Piper PA-14 N5135H	Kustatan River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	ATL88LA221	Cessna 182A N4090D	Elberta Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	CHI88DEV03	Hughes 369HS N9033F	Ashland Illinois	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.