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
1988-07-28	CHI88FA177	Amateur-built Q-2 N48BH	Oshkosh Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	CHI88FA178	Amateur-built IIL N398	Oshkosh Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	MKC88LA140	Mooney M20C N6722U	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-28	MKC88LA141	Rockwell S2R N3665X	O'Kean Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	ANC88LA096	Piper PA-32 N493CA	Sand Point Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	ANC88LA097	Piper PA-18 N8653Y	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	ANC88LA098	Cessna 180A N5327D	Northway Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	CHI88DER05	Amateur-built RV-3A N9WL	Walker Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	CHI88LA174	Cessna 172 N5700A	Neillsville Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-27	CHI88LA176	Cessna 172 N6818A	Carbon Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	MKC88LA138	Cessna 172 +1 more N29168	Lamar Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	MKC88LA139	Grumman G164-B N54JS	Gould Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-27	NYC88FA196	Piper PA-28-140 N9715W	Pocantico Hills New York	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-27	NYC88LA195	Cessna 177RG N52865	Canton Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	CHI88LA175	Beech 35R N3016V	Manito Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	DEN88IA167 incident	Boeing 727-100 N1973	Denver Colorado	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	FTW88IA141 incident	Boeing 737-300 N14336	Kenton Delaware	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	LAX88DVA09	Amateur-built U-2 N9192V	Porterville California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-26	MIA88LA237	Mooney M-20E N9369M	Punta Gorda Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	MKC88LA137	Grumman G164B N2500W	Knobel Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-26	MKC88MA134	Learjet 35A N442NE	Morristown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-26	SEA88LA139	Cessna 172 N46692	Monroe Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	ANC88LA151	Cessna U206F N401SU	Lake Minchumina Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	ATL88FA220	Piper PA-28-151 N4506F	La Grange Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	DEN88LA166	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N42JK	Mitchell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	DEN88LA174	Cessna 172M N5266J	Gillette Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	LAX88LA270	Cessna 152 N68342	Bakersfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	LAX88LA291	Cessna T210K N8273M	Huntington Bch California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	MIA88LA236	Piper PA-60-700P N69RB	Cocoa Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-25	MIA88LA238	Piper PA-44-180 N2197K	Sanford Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	MKC88LA136	Cessna 152 N69240	Underwood Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	NYC88FA193	Cessna 150J N51413	Palmyra New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-24	BFO88FA068	Cessna R182RG N9997C	Stevensville Maryland	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-24	BFO88LA069	Bellanca 7GCAA N31253	Windsor Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	CHI88DER04	Piper PA-25 N6590Z	Elbow Lake Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	CHI88DEX10	Amateur-built WACO N810TW	Madison Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	FTW88DRD16	Pzl-Mielec M18 N46831	Bastrop Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	MIA88FA232	Rockwell S2R N4222X	O'Brien Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-24	MIA88FA234	Bellanca 17-30A N28140	Daytona Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-24	MIA88IA231 incident	Boeing 737-222 N69AF	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	MIA88LA233	Cessna 310 N638E	Homestead Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	MKC88LA135	Mooney M20-F N6347Q	Lawrence Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-24	NYC88LA192	Piper PA-28-140 N33743	Smoketown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	ANC88LA095	Cessna 207A N1773U	Kongiganak Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	ATL88FA219	Piper PA-28-180 N7942N	Winston-Salem North Carolina	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-23	CHI88LA172	Aeronca 7AC N83430	Greenfield Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	FTW88DPA05	Luscombe 8A N25236	Burleson Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	FTW88DRA15	Air Command ELITE 532 N91359	Baytown Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-23	LAX88DUD01	Amateur-built VARI-EZE N7YE	Hawthorne California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	MIA88LA235	Cessna 172M N12840	Plymouth Florida	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.