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
1987-07-05	LAX87DUJ07	Amateur-built MIDGET MUSTANG N68WK	Window Rock Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	NYC87DNC07	Amateur-built MONERAI "S" N54MS	Springfield Vermont	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-05	NYC87DNE03	Amateur-built FALCON X-P N62JC	Wallingford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1987-07-05	NYC87LA196	Cessna 150F N7933F	Roseville Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	NYC87LA197	Aeronca 7EC N8955R	Scoodic Lake Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-05	SEA87LA132	Piper PA-12 N3438M	Sun Valley Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	ANC87LA089	Cessna 180 N2995T	Matanuska Glaci Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	ATL87LA197	Cessna 172G N1162F	Fayetteville North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	CHI87DEC04	Beech S35 N9011S	Pontiac Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	DEN87FA167	Mooney M20F N6933V	Mitchell South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	DEN87LA166	Piper PA-18-150 N9406P	Las Vegas New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	FTW87FA156	Aerospatiale AS-355-F1 N5796M	Venice Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	FTW87FA161	Piper PA-24-250 N5777M	El Paso Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	FTW87LA158	Piper PA-28RT-201T N8274U	Galveston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	LAX87LA256	Piper PA-28-181 N8273P	Huron California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	MIA87LA197	Cessna TU-206F N744AP	Ft. Lauderdale Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-04	SEA87FA129	Cessna 150G N3736J	Vashon Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	SEA87LA131	Rockwell S-2R N5580X	Glenns Ferry Idaho	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-03	ATL87LA196	Cessna 175 N7659M	Sebring Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	ATL87LA200	Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B N7420U	Greenville South Carolina	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	ATL87LA202	Piper PA-32RT-300 N9385C	Liberty North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	CHI87DEP08	Amateur-built AVID FLYER N169AF	Cottage Grove Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	CHI87DET08	Piper PA-28R-180 N7681J	Benton Harbor Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-03	DEN87LA164	Piper PA-28R-200 N5032S	Lordsburg New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	DEN87LA165	Cessna 150-J N60154	Ogden Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	DEN87LA172	Piper PA-38-112 N25655	Pagosa Springs Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	DEN87LA174	Raven S77A N41986	Silverthorne Colorado	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-07-03	FTW87LA157	Cessna 172L N3980Q	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	LAX87DUJ06	Davis MIDGET MUSTANG N7SD	Kirkland Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-03	MKC87FA130	Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 N271MA	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	NYC87DNC06	Enstrom F-28A N9271	Mason New Hampshire	1 killed destroyed	Final
1987-07-03	NYC87LA195	Aeronca 7AC N2460E	Jamestown New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	SEA87LA130	Cessna 206 N55FS	Olympia Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	SEA87LA134	Cessna 182 N2625Q	Sprague River Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-03	SEA87LA198	Cessna 150A N9815J	Tacoma Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-02	ANC87LA087	Cessna 182G N3403S	Chistochina Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-02	ANC87LA088	Piper PA-18-180 N4408Z	Pingo Ridge Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-02	ANC87LA090	Piper PA-32-301T N8185W	Becharof Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-02	ANC87LA092	Piper J-3 N3691K	Lake Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-02	FTW87DRD09	Cessna T188C N3239J	Rayville Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-02	LAX87LA255	Bell 206L-3 N2123X	Benson Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-01	CHI87LA159	Cessna 152 N757UT	Jenison Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-01	CHI87LA160	Taylorcraft BC-12D N33967	Dyckesville Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-01	MIA87LA194	Cessna 182C N8889T	Opa Locka Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-30	ANC87LA085	Piper PA-22 N7801D	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-30	ANC87LA086	Grumman G-44 N176MS	Wood River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-30	ATL87FA194	Piper PA-18A-150 N74815	No.Myrtle Beach South Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-30	BFO87LA044	Cessna 150H N23106	Hot Springs Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-30	DEN87LA163	Cessna 182M N70952	Livingston Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-30	FTW87LA155	Cessna 152 N49131	Farris Oklahoma	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.