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
1989-07-23	BFO89FA062	Beech 77 N18257	Cluster Springs Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-23	CHI89LA142	Globe GC-1B N332HM	Metropolis Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	DEN89LA176	Cessna 170B N8102A	Kyle South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	MIA89LA205	Mooney M22 N7738M	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	MIA89LA206	Schweizer SGS 1-26C N9944J	Ms State Univ Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	MKC89FA165	Beech C23 N66295	Neligh Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-23	MKC89LA164	Cessna 172 N97984	Duluth Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	MKC89LA166	Cessna T210 N69DM	Hannibal Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	NYC89LA172	Piper PA-18A N8061C	Atlantic City New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-23	NYC89LA173	Schweizer 1-23 N91867	Eighty Four Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	ATL89DKJ07	Cessna A188B N5618G	Town Creek Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-22	ATL89LA183	Cessna 172P N52896	Cincinnati Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	BFO89LA061	Piper PA-32R-300 N69WP	Blacksburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	CHI89LA141	Cessna R172K N736DA	Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	LAX89LA243	Piper PA-28R-200 N5123S	Van Nuys California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	MKC89LA167	Cessna 320 N314D	St. Clair Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-22	SEA89FA139	Stinson 108-2 N8061K	Athol Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-21	ANC89LA126	Cessna 140 N7G	Nyac Mine Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-21	ATL89FA190	Mooney M20J N205AG	Suches Georgia	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-21	LAX89FA241	Cessna 177 N30039	Hesperia California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-21	MIA89LA204	Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 N47345	Greenwood Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-20	ATL89FA182	Cessna 172G N4254L	Ridgeland South Carolina	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-20	CHI89DEP07	Hiller UH-12E N48313	Blackriverfalls Wisconsin	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-07-20	DEN89LA182	Cessna 182C N9038T	Weston Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-20	LAX89IA242 incident	Aerospatiale AS350D N143EH	Long Beach California	minor injuries minor damage	Final
1989-07-20	MIA89LA202	Bell TH-13T N65212	Jay Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-20	SEA89LA137	Piper PA-22 N3700P	Meridian Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	ANC89LA125	Cessna T210N N6539N	Golovin Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	ATL89LA181	Piper PA-28-235 N8914W	Somerset Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	BFO89FA059	Beech E18S N138JR	Glen Burnie Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-19	CHI89IA140 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1846U	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1989-07-19	DCA89MA063	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1819U	Sioux City Iowa	111 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-19	DEN89LA173	Beech A36 N26208	Cimarron New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	DEN89LA174	Piper PA-28-160 N5673W	Crested Butte Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	FTW89DRD11	Schweizer G-164A N48377	Lake Arthur Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	MIA89LA201	Cessna 172N N47ER	Leesburg Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	MIA89LA203	Grumman G-164A N4579	Schlater Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	SEA89LA135	Grumman G-164A N8377	Albion Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-19	SEA89LA136	Cessna A188B N9768G	Albion Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-07-19	SEA89LA138	Grumman 164B N6632Q	Hermiston Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-18	ATL89IA180 incident	Mooney M20C N1379W	Marietta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-07-18	BFO89FA060	Beech V35TC N118FC	Charlottesville Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-18	CHI89LA138	Cessna 182 N5158D	New Castle Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-18	DEN89FA175	Bell 206B N1086C	Duchesne Utah	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-07-18	FTW89DRA08	Grumman-Schweizer G-164B N6633Q	Anahuac Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-07-18	FTW89LA140	Aeronca 7AC N84865	Gueydan Louisiana	2 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-07-18	LAX89DVA08	Schweizer G-164B N8371K	Livingston California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-07-18	MKC89LA161	Gates Learjet LEARJET 35 N701AS	Des Moines Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-07-18	MKC89LA162	Rockwell S2R N8425V	Bono Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-07-18	NYC89LA170	Luscombe 8A N71793	Ithaca New York	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.