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
1987-07-23	LAX87LA276	Beech A36TC N3707Z	Los Angeles California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-23	MIA87FA213	Cessna 152 N101FP	Hollywood Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-23	MKC87LA145	Hiller 12E N67139	Ulysess Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	ANC87LA104	Aeronca 15AC N1023H	Charley River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	ATL87LA221	Cessna 150M N45648	Edmund South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	BFO87LA049	Cessna 421 N9764J	Gordonsville Virginia	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-22	CHI87LA179	Cessna 152 N757JG	Detroit Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	DEN87LA192	Grumman G-164A N5398	Romeo Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	FTW87DRG05	Aero Commander S2R N5510X	La Joya Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	LAX87LA277	Cessna A185F N252W	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	MIA87LA212	Piper PA-28RT N42921	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	MKC87LA146	Cessna 152 N47354	Columbia Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	NYC87LA208	Hughes 369D N8384F	Bedford Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-22	SEA87FA149	Aero Commander 560-A N2794B	Ashland Oregon	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-22	SEA87LA144	Piper PA-11 N5030H	The Dalles Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-21	ATL87LA220	Aeronca 7AC N443WB	Columbus Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-21	CHI87DEP10	Amateur-built AVID FLYER N228MC	Tomah Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-21	CHI87FA176	Cessna 402B N3742C	Chicago Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
1987-07-21	DEN87LA190	Piper PA-25-235 N9750P	Fargo North Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-21	FTW87DRG04	Air Tractor AT301 N4407S	Santa Rosa Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-21	MKC87DCQ03	Piper PA-36 N9935P	Nickerson Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-21	MKC87LA143	Schweizer G-164A N8911H	Lilbourn Missouri	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-21	SEA87FA145	Cessna T210N N6326Y	Avery Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-21	SEA87LA143	Cessna 170B N3063A	Coeur D'Alene Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	ANC87LA102	Lake LA-4-200 N1217L	Kenai Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	ANC87LA103	Piper PA-18 N9131D	Palmer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	CHI87DEM10	Piper PA-25-235 N8972Y	Marne Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	CHI87DEP09	Ayres 600S-2D N4436F	Bancroft Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	CHI87LA174	Cessna 172N N6341D	Troy Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	CHI87LA175	Piper PA-30 N8049Y	Bad Axe Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	DEN87LA191	Piper PA-25 N6419Z	Portales New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	FTW87LA171	Cessna 152 N64935	Graham Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	LAX87DVD03	Temco TT-1 N8K	Hayward California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-20	LAX87LA273	Grumman AA-5B N28452	Lake Tahoe California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	LAX87LA275	Piper PA-28-161 N91338	Milpitas California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-20	MIA87LA211	Schweizer G-164A N10AA	Greenwood Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	ANC87FA101	Cessna 185 N1744R	Hinchinbrook Is Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-19	ANC87LA100	Cessna 152 N5199P	Lorraine Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	ATL87LA218	Piper PA-28-140 N4808T	Foley Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	BFO87LA052	Mooney M-20C N6769U	Basye Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	DEN87LA189	Aerospatiale SA316B N48184	Red Lodge Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	FTW87LA172	Cessna 172K N84861	Brenham Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	MKC87DCA02	Amateur-built EXEC N275FS	Highridge Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-19	MKC87LA142	Cessna 172 N6603H	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	ANC87LA099	Cessna 185 N1977U	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	ATL87LA215	Cessna 150K N5669G	New Carlisle Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	ATL87LA216	Piper PA-28-140 N1324T	Eubank Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	ATL87LA217	Cessna 182A N169DP	Warm Springs Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	BFO87FA048	Aeronca 7AC N1810E	Saluda Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	CHI87DER10	Air Tractor AT-301 N3652N	Hollandale Minnesota	1 killed 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.