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
1988-07-17	CHI88DEE06	Piper PA-25 N8807L	Chebanse Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	CHI88LA167	Cessna 177RG N2059Q	Mankato Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	DEN88LA160	Cessna 180 N2815A	Boulder Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	DEN88LA162	Cessna 177RG N34338	Santa Teresa New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	FTW88LA133	Cessna 310B +1 more N295C	Ruston Louisiana	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	LAX88LA262	Cessna 150K N6226G	Dana Point California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-17	MIA88FA224	Beech 95 N669Q	Destin Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-17	MKC88LA128	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8806B	Holdrege Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-17	NYC88LA184	Mooney M20F N6310Q	Princeton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	CHI88DEM07	Amateur-built HATZ CB-1 N24DS	Battlecreek Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	CHI88LA168	Enstrom 280FX N280FX	Menominee Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	FTW88DRD14	Grumman G-164A N8580H	Crowley Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-16	FTW88DRG11	Enstrom F28A N9087	Port Isabel Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	LAX88DUG05	Amateur-built TEENY-TWO N5428R	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	LAX88FA258	Piper PA-28-140 N40808	Compton California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-16	LAX88LA259	Cessna R172K N736HQ	Corona California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	LAX88LA260	Piper PA-28-140 N33043	Agua Dulce California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	LAX88LA261	Cessna 185E N23FB	Lone Pine California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	MIA88FA223	Rockwell 100-180 N3603X	Paxton Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	MIA88LA222	Cessna 150G N3983J	Keystone Height Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	MIA88LA226	Evans Aircraft MAXAIR MU503 N5358G	Fort Walton Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	NYC88LA182	Lake LA-4-200 N5033L	Candlewood Lake Connecticut	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	NYC88LA183	Aeronca S11BC N3988E	Livingston Mnr New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-16	NYC88LA188	Fantasy Sky Promotions AX-7 CGDGK	Wellsville New York	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-16	SEA88FA131	Applebay ZUNI 2 N14XZ	Wellington Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-15	ATL88DKG10	Cessna 188 N91217	Douglas Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	CHI88DEX09	Amateur-built ROTORWAY EXECUTIVE N3047	Newburgh Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	DEN88LA157	Cessna 182A N5903B	Gillette Wyoming	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	DEN88LA158	Piper PA-28-140 N1578J	Gallup New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	DEN88LA159	Boeing A75N1 N772WM	Gallup New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	FTW88LA134	Bell 47G2 N47WJ	Port O'Connor Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	LAX88LA257	Cessna 172K N46373	Palmdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	LAX88LA268	Raven S-60A N2789Z	Bakersfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	MKC88LA126	Rockwell S2R N4186X	England Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	MKC88LA127	Aero Commander 100-180 N3738X	Lowell Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-15	SEA88LA132	Amateur-built DHC-3 N55CX	Wrangell Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-14	ATL88LA216	Cessna 172L N19632	Michie Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-14	CHI88IA165 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD80 N253A	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-07-14	DEN88LA156	Cessna 152 N48055	Gallup New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-14	FTW88DRD13	Grumman G-164A N8512H	Kinder Louisiana	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-14	FTW88FA131	Aerospatiale SA330J N47307	Gulf-Of-Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-14	LAX88FA256	Cessna T210M N732QZ	Carson California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-07-14	LAX88LA255	General Balloon AX-6 N2614M	Pilot Hill California	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-07-14	NYC88FA181	Cessna 421 N825DW	Taunton Massachusetts	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-14	SEA88LA130	Cessna 150G N2886S	Athol Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-13	CHI88LA166	Gulfstream Aerospace G-21-G N77AQ	Elyria Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-13	DEN88FA212	Piper PA-22-150 N3541Z	Kanosh Utah	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-13	LAX88FA251	Piper PA-22-150 N6926B	Compton California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-13	LAX88FA254	Sikorsky S-58BT N94AH	Marina del Rey California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-13	MIA88LA220	Classic Aircraft Corp. YMF-5 N99Y	Key West 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.