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
1987-07-10	MKC87LA134	Beech BE-58 N4JD	Benton Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-10	MKC87LA135	Piper PA-28-140 N5921U	Waldron Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	ATL87DEI08	Grumman G-164A N7845	Bucyrus Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	ATL87LA206	Cessna 172I N46233	Goodway Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	ATL87LA207	Aerostar RX-7 N2897H	Crestwood Kentucky	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	DEN87FA177	Cessna 152II N5269Q	Parker Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	DEN87LA176	Aeronca 7BCM N8362H	Bountiful Utah	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-09	FTW87LA165	Bell 206L-1 N5734S	Venice Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	FTW87LA166	Piper PA-28R-201T N5919V	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	LAX87LA259	Cessna 150M N3811V	Cameron Park California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	MIA87LA202	Piper PA-28 N6852J	Miami Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-09	MKC87LA133	Grumman G-164B N6609Q	Mcdougal Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-09	NYC87IA199 incident	Douglas DC-10-30 +1 more YV135	Atlantic Ocean AO	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-07-09	SEA87LA163	Cessna T-207 N6385H	Mccall Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	ATL87DLT02	Gulfstream-Schweizer G164B-600 N8046K	Union City Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	ATL87LA204	Bell 47D1 N908B	Huntsville Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	ATL87LA205	Piper PA-28-181 N8389Y	Gulf Shores Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	CHI87DER08	Cessna T188C N9674J	Olivia Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	DEN87LA175	Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS II N71JD	Hobbs New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	DEN87LA183	Cessna T188C N2058J	Winnett Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	FTW87LA163	Piper PA-22-135 N1175C	Tulsa Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	FTW87LA164	Cessna 172I N8485L	Baton Rouge Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	LAX87IA260 incident	Mbb BK117A-3 N160BK	Cupertino California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	LAX87LA258	Cessna 172 N1466U	Hawthorne California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	LAX87LA262	Piper PA-31T2 N38WA	Novato California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	MIA87LA201	Cessna 172N N5005E	Naples Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-08	MKC87FA131	Bellanca 8GCBC N87099	Holdrege Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-08	SEA87LA136	Aeronca 7AC N85591	Lester Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-07	ATL87IA201 incident	Boeing 737-232 N324DL	Frankfort Kentucky	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-07-07	FTW87DRD08	Grumman G-164A N9778	Lacassine Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-07	FTW87DRG03	Amateur-built CASSUTT III-M N3790A	Burnet Texas	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-07-07	LAX87FA257	Beech A60 N7485D	Santa Rosa California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1987-07-06	ANC87LA091	Dornier DO-27 N777AX	White Mountain Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	ATL87LA203	Cessna 152 N69087	Goldsboro North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	BFO87FA046	Grumman AA-5B N19SM	Abingdon Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-06	BFO87LA045	Beech A23-19 N5775V	Cambridge Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	DEN87LA173	Beech B-60 N18444	Kanab Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	FTW87LA162	Grumman G-21A N322	Big Spring Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	NYC87LA198	Lake LA-250 N1403W	Alton Bay New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	SEA87LA133	Mooney M-20 N5265B	Spokane Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-06	SEA87LA137	Bell 47G-3B-1 N73932	Cashmere Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	ATL87LA198	Piper PA-24-250 N6165P	St Marys Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	ATL87LA199	Burkhart Grob G-103A N930BG	Mt. Airy North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	CHI87LA161	Piper PA-28 N56808	Duluth Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	DEN87LA169	Piper PA-22-150 N5858D	Red Lodge Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	DEN87LA170	Amateur-built EAGLE II N81DG	Snowmass Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-05	DEN87LA171	Socata TB-10 N112U	Cripple Creek Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	DEN87MA168	Beech D18S N132E	Lakeside Montana	10 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-05	FTW87LA159	Mooney M20J N56420	Dallas Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	FTW87LA160	Piper PA-28-180 N15491	Roanoke Texas	serious 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.