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
1987-07-18	DEN87FA188	Cessna 210 N7444E	Coaldale Colorado	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	DEN87LA187	Beech 58 N1879L	Pagosa Springs Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	LAX87DVA08	Amateur-built THORP T18 N50RH	Patterson California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	LAX87LA271	Cessna 175 N7499M	Jackson California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	LAX87LA272	I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 N125FD	Perris California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	LAX87LA274	Cessna 182Q N97061	Upper Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	MIA87LA209	Air Tractor AT-301 N7310N	Swiftown Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	MKC87LA141	Cessna 175C N8326T	Bear Creek Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-18	SEA87FA141	Beech B200 N1870S	Crystal Bay Nevada	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-17	BFO87LA060	Fleet 16B N47058	Spencer West Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	CHI87LA170	Cessna 182C N8576T	Clio Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	CHI87LA171	Beech 23 N6562T	Danville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	CHI87LA172	Cessna 170 N4649V	Lakeville Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	CHI87LA173	Beech C23 N6011T	Monticello Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	DEN87FA186	Mooney M20E N71SB	Vail Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-17	DEN87LA185	Piper PA-30 N7722Y	Grandforks North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	MIA87LA208	Air Tractor AT301 N2321V	Rolling Fork Mississippi	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-17	MIA87LA210	Cessna 152 N49817	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	MKC87LA144	Grumman G-164A N7864	Forrest City Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	NYC87DNC08	Cessna R172K N4673K	Cantebury New Hampshire	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-17	SEA87LA140	Beech C23 N18933	Deer Park Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-17	SEA87LA142	Piper PA-28-140 N95407	Ashland Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-16	ANC87LA098	Lake LA-4 N1135L	Cool Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	ATL87DEI10	Cessna 152 N95469	Kent Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	ATL87LA219	Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A N702H	Winchester Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	CHI87LA168	Cessna 152 N4967B	Savoy Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	DEN87LA184	Champion 7ECA N11024	Devils Lake North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	LAX87LA269	Piper J-3 N42507	Buckeye Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	MIA87LA207	Israel Aircraft Industries 1121 N133ME	Jackson Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	NYC87DNC09	Amateur-built BETA BIRD N3954D	Biddeford Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	NYC87LA131	Piper PA-28-180 N7684J	Dansville New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	NYC87LA205	Piper PA-12 N4202M	Spencer Lake Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-16	NYC87LA207	Piper PA-11 N6346	Andover New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-16	NYC87LA243	Beech C24R N1997L	Danbury Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	ATL87FA212	Piper PA-28 N5502F	Elberton Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	ATL87LA213	Cessna 152 N4649M	Middlefield Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	ATL87LA214	Cessna 150J N61107	Higginsport Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	BFO87LA047	Hiller FH-1100 N590FH	Capron Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	FTW87FA170	Bellanca 17-30A N28157	Mc Kinney Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	LAX87FA267	Cessna T210L N7JT	Marina del Rey California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-15	LAX87LA268	Cessna 150G N3487J	Oakland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	MKC87LA139	Cessna 188B N4954R	Satanta Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	MKC87LA140	Piper PA-28-181 N8097S	Adams Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-15	SEA87IA139 incident	Beech 55 N321MB	Rigby Idaho	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-07-14	ANC87FA097	Piper PA-18 N54106	Kasilof Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-14	ATL87DEK01	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N127GS	Columbus Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-14	ATL87FA210	Embraer EMB-120 N211AS	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-14	ATL87LA211	Cessna 172M N80929	Raleigh North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-14	CHI87LA169	Cessna 172 N2501L	Madison Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-14	DEN87LA181	Piper PA-18-150 N4237Z	Worland Wyoming	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.