Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989

2,502 cases in 1989, 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 · 2,502

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1989-06-21	DEN89LA145	Raven S77A N4207U	Rio Rancho New Mexico	serious injuries	Final
1989-06-21	MKC89LA141	Piper PA-23-250 N6513Y	Bemidji Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-21	SEA89LA115	Grumman-Schweizer G-164A N9830	Battle Mountain Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-21	SEA89LA124	Amateur-built DHC-2 N46DG	Kassan Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	ANC89IA099 incident	Amateur-built DHC-3 N41755	Palmer Alaska	no injuries	Final
1989-06-20	ANC89LA095	Cessna 180 N180SR	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	ANC89LA098	Cessna 182A N9926B	Tyonek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	ATL89FA165	Beech B-60 N78TW	Gaston South Carolina	4 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-20	ATL89LA164	Cessna 172 N1434Y	Franklin Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	DEN89DTI01	Piper PA-25-235 N7001Z	Conrad Montana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-20	DEN89LA142	Piper PA28-180 N8419W	Broomfield Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	DEN89LA143	Cessna 172M N80893	Boulder Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	FTW89LA114	Cessna 150J N60625	Minden Louisiana	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-20	LAX89LA224	Cessna 340 N69549	Paso Robles California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	NYC89LA151	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) ERCOUPE 415C N93765	Canaan Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-20	SEA89FA113	Piper PA-23-250 N6471Y	Stanley Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-20	SEA89LA114	Hughes BENSEN B-8M N3196	The Dalles Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-19	ANC89LA096	Piper PA-18 N5087Y	Rainbow Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	ANC89LA097	Piper PA-20 N7735K	Sheshalik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	ANC89LA101	Piper PA-22-108 N4912Z	Alder Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	BFO89LA046	Cessna 210A N9520X	Ocean City Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	CHI89DEM03	Amateur-built STEEN SKYBOLT N199BP	Elk Rapids Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-19	DEN89FA141	Beech A36 N1778W	South Lake Taho California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-19	LAX89LA213	Piper PA-22-160 N8836D	El Cajon California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	LAX89LA222	American AA-1C N88ME	Kalaupapa Hawaii	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-19	MKC89LA138	Cessna 150M N3148V	Grain Valley Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-19	MKC89LA139	Cessna A185F N7310H	Int'L Falls Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89DEI01	Amateur-built SPECIAL S-1S N49JC	Alliance Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89DEK01	Piper PA-28 N40973	Albany Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89FA112	Hughes 269C N26628	Lockport Illinois	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89FA113	Cessna 150L N6878G	Wisc Rapids Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89LA115	Piper PA-22 N8824D	Michigan City Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-18	CHI89LA116	Cessna 150 N8752S	Port Huron Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-18	DEN89LA140	Schweizer 1-26E N65910	Elbert Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	LAX89LA221	Cessna 172E N3618S	Grass Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	MIA89FA177	Amateur-built R.A.F. VARI-EZE N2UM	Lantana Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-18	MKC89LA137	Piper PA-25-235 N8846L	Clayton Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-18	NYC89LA150	Cessna 172N N52HR	Niagara Falls New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	ATL89FA163	Cessna 172F N7939U	Vernon Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	ATL89LA162	Cessna 150M N714SR	Knoxville Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	BFO89LA045	Bell 47G-2 N2487B	Moundsville West Virginia	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-17	CHI89FA114	Mcculloch J-2 N4354G	Oxford Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-06-17	CHI89LA110	Maule MX-7-235 N12VR	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	CHI89LA111	Boeing E75 N43YP	Shelbyville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	DEN89LA139	Cessna 180K N1846Z	Bullfrog Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	LAX89LA215	Cessna 182P N6084P	Fallbrook California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-17	LAX89LA216	Cessna 175K N9729V	Bagdad Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-17	LAX89LA217	Cessna 421 N421S	Picacho Arizona	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-06-17	LAX89LA218	Amateur-built DHC-2 N1215	Trinity Center California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-06-17	LAX89LA219	Cessna 177 N29339	Banning California	minor injuries destroyed	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.