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
1988-07-23	MKC88LA122	Rockwell S2R N4080X	Brinkley Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-23	NYC88LA191	Bellanca 7GCAA N53784	Pendleton New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-23	SEA88LA137	Cessna 172 N8109B	Coeur D'Alene Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	ANC88LA094	Piper PA-32-300 N29148	Dillingham Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	ATL88LA218	Cessna 152 N757YP	Somerville Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	CHI88DEP07	Cessna 182B N2486G	Burlington Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	CHI88LA171	Cessna 182E N2859Y	Cedar Springs Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	CHI88LA173	Piper J-3 N25WF	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	FTW88DPA04	Amateur-built ACRO-SPORT N5897	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	FTW88LA138	Beech V35B N771RB	Sayre Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	FTW88LA140	Piper PA-28R N2970M	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	LAX88DUJ06	Grumman G-164B N66890	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	LAX88DUM05	Air Tractor AT-301 N8719S	Niland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	LAX88LA269	Cessna 172N N9850J	Redlands California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-22	SEA88LA194	Aeronca 65-LB N33713	Ephrata Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	ATL88LA217	Mooney M20E N6810V	Lawrenceville Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	CHI88DEE07	Hughes 269C N7425F	Sandwich Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	FTW88FA136	Douglas DC-6A N33VX	Golden Meadow Louisiana	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-21	LAX88DUJ05	Grumman G-164B N6747Q	Parker Arizona	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-21	LAX88LA267	Piper PA-24-250 N6441P	Chico California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	MIA88IA230 incident	Piper PA-34-200T N47506	Tampa Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	NYC88LA190	Waco UPF-7 N20973	Greenland New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-21	SEA88LA135	Schweizer G164A N8974H	Colfax Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	ANC88LA093	Cessna 185 N93769	Bettles Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	BFO88FA067	Amateur-built DHC-6-200 N7267	Chantilly Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-20	CHI88LA170	Piper PA-32R-301T N8069S	Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	FTW88DPJ08	Cessna 152 N68700	Heavener Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	FTW88LA135	Piper PA-24-260 N8949P	La Grange Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	LAX88FA264	Beech 76 N2074M	Portola Valley California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-20	LAX88LA265	Cessna 152 +1 more N6469M	Dixon California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-20	SEA88LA134	Cessna 180K N2748K	Eastsound Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-19	CHI88LA169	Beech E18S N136JR	Elyria Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-19	DEN88LA163	Enstrom 280C N111CD	Glendive Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-19	MIA88LA228	Aero Commander S2R N8806Q	Lambert Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-19	MKC88LA132	Grumman G-164A N6553	Knobel Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-19	MKC88LA133	Grumman 164A N8706H	Poplar Bluff Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	ANC88DAG06	Air Command 532 ELITE N1925	Palmer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	ANC88LA092	Piper PA-12 N7958H	Illiamna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	CHI88DEI02	Amateur-built COMMANDER 503 N9173W	North Lima Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-18	CHI88DEV02	Grumman G-164A N677U	Cape Girardeau Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	DEN88LA161	Piper PA-36-285 N9990P	Buchanan North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	LAX88LA263	Cessna 182 N6223A	Ajo Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	LAX88LA266	Bellanca 17-30A N14683	Springerville Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	MIA88LA225	Hiller UH-12E N108HA	Clewiston Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	MIA88LA227	Piper PA-34-200T N11RJ	St. Petersburg Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-18	MIA88LA229	Air Tractor AT-301 N23640	Moorhead Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	MKC88LA131	Rockwell S2R N8441V	Swifton Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	NYC88FA185	Bellanca 7KCAB N86628	Egg Harbor Twsp New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-18	NYC88LA172	Cessna 150 N704HT	Massena New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-18	NYC88LA189	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N1534W	Saltsburg Pennsylvania	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.