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
1988-07-09	MKC88LA125	Cessna 172 N80208	Topeka Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	NYC88LA179	Waco UPF-7 N32126	Plymouth New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-09	SEA88LA133	Amateur-built DHC-2 N67679	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	CHI88DEX07	Cessna 175A N8059T	Bloomington Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	CHI88LA161	Cessna 170B N8048A	Rockford Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	DEN88LA149	Piper PA-28R-200 N4329F	Cheyenne Wyoming	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	MIA88LA218	Cessna 150F N8691S	Plymouth Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	MKC88LA130	Beech A-36 N25496	Marion Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-08	SEA88LA124	Cessna 152 N4590P	Roche Harbor Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-07	ATL88FA210	Cessna 210L N732JV	St. Marys Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-07	ATL88FA211	Cessna 175 N6509E	Ninety Six South Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-07	CHI88FA160	Cessna 172N N6187D	Middletown Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-07	CHI88IA157 incident	Beech C99 N3063W	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-07-07	CHI88LA155	Aeronca 7AC N2200E	Hillsboro Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-07	CHI88LA156	Piper PA-28-180 +1 more N7222W	Moraine Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-07	DEN88LA148	Beech A36 N6051M	Craig Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-07	MKC88FA119	Cessna 320 N320DB	Atwood Kansas	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-07	MKC88LA129	Grumman G-164 N6848K	Baker Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-06	CHI88IA159 incident	Boeing 737-130 N409PE	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries	Final
1988-07-06	LAX88LA244	Cessna TR182 N736UX	Niland California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-06	MIA88LA216	Waco UPF-7 N32133	Key West Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-06	MIA88LA217	Piper PA-25-235C N4351Y	Stringer Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-06	SEA88LA136	Cessna 210 N6524X	Baker Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-05	BFO88LA064	Hughes 369D N32CT	Clarksburg West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-05	CHI88LA154	Mooney M20J N11652	Thief Rvr Falls Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-05	DEN88LA145	Sikorsky S-58J N62243	Sioux Falls South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-05	MIA88FA214	Bellanca 17-30A N399AC	Clearwater Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-05	MIA88LA215	Piper PA-38-112 N2608F	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-05	SEA88LA123	Kaman HH43 N55714	Joseph Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-04	ANC88DAG05	Piper PA-18A N1556P	Mcgrath Alaska	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	ANC88FA083	Cessna 185 N185BT	Whittier Alaska	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	CHI88FA147	Cessna 150G N2865S	Plymouth Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-04	CHI88LA152	Cessna 172M N20058	Breckenridge Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	CHI88LA158	Raven S55A N4186E	Mishawaka Indiana	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-07-04	DEN88LA152	Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B N7420S	Fort Collins Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	FTW88LA128	Cessna 170 N2642V	Marble Falls Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	LAX88FA245	Cessna 320D N9HS	Mammoth Lakes California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-04	LAX88FA246	Cessna 152 N49787	Verdi Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-04	MIA88FA213	Franklin DRIFTER XP-503 N65DF	Lake Wales Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-04	MIA88LA212	Bell 47D1 N903B	Ruleville Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-04	NYC88LA176	Lake LA-4 N6655L	Linden New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-03	ANC88LA081	Cessna 206 N5045U	Naknek Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-03	ATL88FA254	Cessna T207 N1724U	Petros Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-03	ATL88LA209	Cessna 195A N1576D	Memphis Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	CHI88FA153	Piper PA-38-112 N2485N	Hamm Lake Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-07-03	CHI88LA148	Cessna 182M N70916	Menomonee Falls Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	CHI88LA151	Cessna 177 N30238	Lowell Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	DEN88LA144	Piper PA-32-260 N4878S	Colorado Spring Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	DEN88LA146	Cessna 188 N3546Q	Sentinel Butte North Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-03	NYC88DHM01	Amateur-built AGRIPLANE N54472	Freehold New Jersey	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.