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
1988-07-03	NYC88LA175	Cessna 150M N63206	W. Seneca New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	NYC88LA194	Champion 7ECA N11061	Bally Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-03	SEA88FA122	Cessna TU-206-G N732HH	Root Ranch Idaho	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-02	BFO88FA063	Piper PA-23 N1021P	Friendly Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	BFO88IA065 incident	Cessna T210R N6286U	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-07-02	CHI88DEC04	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N192AP	Fowlerville Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-02	CHI88DEI01	Amateur-built EMERAUDE SSE-328R N85HT	Elyria Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	CHI88LA149	Piper PA-38-112 N2496K	Grafton Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	LAX88DVD06	Amateur-built FALCON XP N607AA	Antioch California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	LAX88DVG07	Snow AT-301 N5224S	Davis California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	LAX88LA248	Cessna 177RG N1532H	Weaverville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	MIA88LA211	Cessna 152 N25057	Marathon Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	MKC88FA120	Piper PA-28-160 N5517W	Beedeville Arkansas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1988-07-02	NYC88DHD03	Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15 N8619R	Hammonton New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-07-02	NYC88LA177	Bellanca 7GCBC N5041J	Laconia New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	ANC88LA079	Piper PA-32 N15268	Hooper Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	ATL88FA207	Piper PA-32 N8324V	Uniontown Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-01	ATL88LA206	Cessna 172M N1534V	Spring Creek North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	ATL88LA208	Cessna T210L N29238	Thomson Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	CHI88DEX06	Piper J3 N42684	Bedford Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	CHI88LA150	Rockwell 112A N1463J	Sandusky Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-01	DEN88DTE06	Amateur-built BD-5B N250TH	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	DEN88LA143	Mooney M-20K N231PG	Gunnison Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	LAX88DVG08	Grumman G-164A N7933	Gridley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	LAX88LA242	Piper J3 N6868H	Rialto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	LAX88LA243	Ryan NAVION N4179K	Lancaster California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-01	LAX88LA247	Schweizer SGS-1-26A N2726Z	Montague California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-07-01	NYC88LA173	Piper PA-32-300 N1954H	Akron New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-07-01	NYC88LA174	Piper PA-23-250 N62771	East Hampton New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-30	ANC88LA082	Cessna 172 N739QH	Healy Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	ATL88LA205	Beech K35 N5335R	Greensboro North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	BFO88LA062	Travel Air D4D N434N	Roanoke Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	CHI88LA146	Cessna 150M N63178	Lonsdale Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	DEN88LA142	Cessna 152 N6392Q	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	LAX88FA240	Cessna 172P N51234	Descanso California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-06-30	LAX88FA241	Helio HST-550A N9991F	Perris California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-06-30	MIA88LA209	Cessna 152 N46068	Titusville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	MIA88LA210	Piper PA-32R-300 N75033	Atlantic Ocean AO	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-30	MKC88LA118	Piper PA-32R-301T N8328A	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-30	SEA88IA121 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-73F N791FT	Seattle Washington	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ANC88LA074	Piper PA-18-150 N7157Z	Shismaref Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ANC88LA075	Piper PA-20 N7074K	Medfra Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ANC88LA076	Champion 7GCB N9892Y	Fairbanks Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ANC88LA077	Helio H-295 N6493V	Clear Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ATL88LA203	Cessna 172 N7392A	Greenville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	ATL88LA204	Adams A55S N9807N	Collierville Tennessee	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-06-29	BFO88DIA01	Amateur-built OSPREY II N70J	Manassas Virginia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-29	CHI88FA145	Piper PA-28R-200 N44140	Detroit Lakes Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	DEN88LA140	Beech C35 N8930A	Brighton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-29	FTW88DPJ07	Northrop C-125A N3756Q	Tulsa Oklahoma	minor 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.