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
1987-12-10	MKC88IA025 incident	Bell 206L-3 N86CH	Little Rock Arkansas	destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-10	SEA88LA082	Cessna TU206G N4953Z	Silverdale Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-09	ANC88FA019	Cessna 402B N969JW	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-09	ATL88FA056	Piper PA-28-140 N15629	Anniston Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-09	ATL88LA054	Beech B24R N1999L	Sewanee Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-09	ATL88LA057	Beech D35 N3441B	Monroe Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-09	MIA88LA057	Beech E-18S +1 more N24JE	Natchez Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-08	DCA88MA008	British Aerospace BAE-146-200 N350PS	San Luis Obispo California	43 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-08	DEN88FA036	Cessna A152 N234ZN	Benson Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-07	FTW88FA035	Lockheed 250 TRI-GEAR N400NY	Dallas Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-07	FTW88FA036	Bell 412 N3910U	Galveston Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-07	NYC88FA051	Cessna 310R N5052J	Hector New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-07	NYC88LA055	Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 N866Q	White Plains New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-07	SEA88LA029	Amateur-built DHC-2 MK1 N17597	Metlakatla Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	ANC88DAG01	Cessna 207A N73503	Atmautluak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	ANC88LA018	Piper PA-18 N1237A	Wasilla Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	ATL88FA055	Piper PA-32-260 N5587J	Lagrange Georgia	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-06	CHI88LA033	Cessna 152 N757KW	Lincoln Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	DEN88LA034	Cessna 177RG N8035G	Great Falls Montana	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	DEN88LA035	Bellanca 7GCBC N2562Z	Newell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	MKC88FA023	Cessna 180 N46TD	Springfield Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-06	SEA88IA028 incident	Canadair CL600-2A12 N125PS	Twentynine Plms California	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-12-05	ATL88MA053	Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A N400PH	Lexington Kentucky	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-05	BFO88IA012 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 +1 more N924L	Baltimore Maryland	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-12-05	CHI88DEV01	Cessna 150L N7533G	Marion Illinois	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-05	CHI88LA032	Cessna 180 N2957C	Carlton Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-05	DEN88FA033	Piper PA-28R-200 N9309N	San Jose California	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-05	LAX88LA066	Piper PA-38-112 N123JY	Dunsmuir California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-05	MIA88LA054	Cessna 310F N317L	Opa Locka Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-05	MIA88WA056	Cessna 402B N422TA	Cat Island Burkina Faso	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-05	NYC88FA050	Boeing 737-2B7 N319AU	Deptford New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-04	ATL88FA052	Piper PA-60-600 N500TS	Mansfield Ohio	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-04	FTW88DPA01	Bell 206B N206DW	Dallas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-04	MIA88LA053	Beech C-45H N4209V	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-04	NYC88LA053	Piper PA-28RT CGRQU	Houlton Maine	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-03	FTW88IA037 incident	Boeing 727-243 N571PE	Houston Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1987-12-03	MIA88IA052 incident	Beech 58 N3012W	Vicksburg Mississippi	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-12-03	NYC88LA052	Piper PA-28-140 N16491	Pottstown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-02	ATL88LA051	Cessna 172F N8674U	Eden North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-02	FTW88LA034	Cessna 150 N3888V	Mangum Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-02	LAX88DVG02	Grumman G-164A N673U	Williams California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-02	MIA88LA050	Cessna A185F N60925	Naples Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-02	MIA88LA051	Piper PA-38-112 N2405F	San Antonio Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-01	ATL88LA049	Cessna 172H N2522L	Paducah Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-01	LAX88IA064 incident	Boeing 737-300 N4571M	Los Angeles California	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-12-01	MIA88FA049	Beech K-35 N125LE	Crescent City Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-12-01	NYC88LA048	Piper PA-28-150 N32307	Middletown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-30	ATL88MA048	Beech C90 N4463W	Beaufort South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-30	BFO88FA009	Cessna 182D N8886X	South Hill Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-30	CHI88DEP02	Beech V35B N6679J	Waukesha Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	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.