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
1988-07-13	MIA88LA221	Amateur-built RV-4 N144TH	Zellwood Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-13	MKC88FA124	Cessna 172G N4288L	Sarcoxie Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-13	NYC88LA201	Bell 206B N543CC	Plymouth Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-13	SEA88LA126	Beech C23 N18823	The Dalles Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-13	SEA88LA127	Enstrom F-28F N8620C	Haines Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-13	SEA88LA129	Aerospatiale SA315B N3128G	Oakridge Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-12	ANC88LA089	Piper PA-22 +1 more N2747P	North Pole Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	ATL88FA213	Bell TH-1L N465JR	Walterboro South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	CHI88DEP06	Amateur-built CHALLENGER II N51012	Platteville Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	DEN88LA147	Cessna 150C N7940Z	Fort Peck Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	DEN88LA154	Piper PA-18 N6083A	Cody Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	FTW88DRD15	Cessna A188B N4825Q	Patterson Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	FTW88LA130	Cessna 152 N25999	Slidell Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	LAX88FA252	Beech A35 N27EB	Lompoc California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-12	LAX88LA253	Cessna T210L N60856	Bakersfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	MIA88LA219	Rockwell S-2R N8502V	Palm City Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-12	NYC88IA186 incident	Mbb BK-117 N135CP	Manhattan New York	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-07-12	SEA88LA128	Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B +1 more N554T	Minden Nevada	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-11	ANC88LA090	Cessna A185F N4742E	Georgetown Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	CHI88DEC05	Bell 47D1 (OH-13E) N12087	Stockbridge Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	CHI88DEE05	Weatherly 620 N4605P	Dekalb Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-11	CHI88DEP05	Amateur-built PITTS S-1S N77LG	Rio Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	CHI88DEX08	Continental Copters TOMCAT MK-6 N9093T	Straughn Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	CHI88FA163	Boeing 727 N254US	St Paul Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	DEN88LA153	Piper PA-22-150 CGCCF	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	FTW88DRD12	Texas Helicopter M74C N47345	Rayville Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-11	NYC88LA149	Piper PA-28-161 N84493	Fryeburg Maine	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-11	NYC88LA180	Champion 7GCAA N11088	Lakewood New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-10	ANC88LA087	Bellanca 7GCBC N88276	Quartz Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	ANC88LA088	Cessna 170B N4346B	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	ATL88DKG09	Cessna 188 N3525Q	Garfield Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-10	ATL88LA212	Cessna 310 N670R	New Bern North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	BFO88LA066	Balloon Works AX-8 N7108	Purcellville Virginia	serious injuries minor damage	Final
1988-07-10	CHI88FA162	Cessna 172M N80943	Holland Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-10	CHI88LA164	Cessna 210M N210WP	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	DEN88FA151	Aerospatiale SA-315B N47274	Dubois Wyoming	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	FTW88FA132	Piper PA-38-112 N2459K	Electra Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-10	MKC88LA123	Aeronca 7EC +1 more N82994	St. Charles Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-10	NYC88LA178	Champion 7GBC N7523F	Staten Island New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-09	ANC88LA084	Cessna 170B N2487D	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	ANC88LA085	Maule M6-235 N5647Y	Egegik Alaska	fatal substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	ANC88LA086	Hughes 369D N1089D	Kitoi Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	DEN88LA150	Piper PA-28R-201T N135E	Erie Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	DEN88LA155	Cessna 152 N67712	Aurora Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	FTW88IA129 incident	Embraer EMB-110P1 N91DA	Abilene Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	LAX88DUM04	Hiller UH-12D N646JS	Winterhaven California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-09	LAX88FA249	Hughes 269C N750AM	Van Nuys California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-09	LAX88LA250	Cessna TU206G N6106U	Palo Alto California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	MKC88DCG01	Boeing 75A N450LR	Neosho Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	MKC88LA121	Beech A-60 N7578D	Lexington Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final

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.