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
1988-12-12	ATL89LA055	Bellanca 17-30A N14695	Athens Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-12	FTW89DRA01	Hughes 369D N58261	Kountze Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-12	LAX89LA063	Hughes 369E N7733H	Hanalei Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-12	NYC89LA048	Enstrom F28F N5699M	Bradford New Hampshire	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-12	NYC89LA049	Cessna 150L N6538G	Greenwich Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-11	CHI89LA031	Cessna 150 N704KV	Varna Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-11	LAX89IA062 incident	Cessna 152 N94825	Haleiwa Hawaii	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-12-11	NYC89LA046	Beech 24R N9233S	Oxford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-11	NYC89LA047	Mooney M20J N3820H	New Alexandria Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-10	ANC89FA022	Cessna 172I N8319L	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-10	MIA89LA049	Cessna 182E N9261X	Ocala Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-10	MKC89FA038	Cessna 650 N61BE	Hutchinson Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-10	MKC89LA037	Piper PA-24-250 N8356P	Jacksonville Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-09	ATL89FA054	Aero Commander 720 N120G	Alcoa Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-09	ATL89LA052	Cessna 150M N714MK	Walbridge Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-09	DCA89LA012	Mitsubishi MU-2J N296MA	Missing PO	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-08	MKC89LA035	Piper PA-28-160 N5875W	Crete Nebraska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-07	FTW89LA030	Cessna A185H N7392H	San Antonio Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-07	LAX89LA061	Beech K35 N9569R	Arbuckle California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-07	MIA89FA048	Cessna 150J N60029	Gainesville Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-07	MKC89LA031	Bellanca 17-30 N198V	Martelle Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-07	NYC89LA044	Piper PA-34-200 N16502	Laconia New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-06	DEN89LA040	Cessna 172 N6356D	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-06	MIA89LA047	Aeronca 11AC N86073	Tampa Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-06	SEA89LA024	Cessna 180J N46602	Ketchikan Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-05	ATL89LA053	Cessna 182P N9107M	Vidalia Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-05	FTW89LA031	Mbb BO-105 N2785B	South Marsh 113	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-05	LAX89LA060	Piper PA-28 N706FL	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	ANC89LA021	Amateur-built DHC-6 N525EH	Homer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	ATL89LA050	Cessna 172 N5518D	Lawrenceville Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	DEN89LA039	Cessna 152 N4782B	Watkins Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	LAX89DVG02	Amateur-built THORP T-18 N77KK	Lincoln California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	MKC89LA033	Cessna 152 N6132H	Hibbing Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-04	NYC89LA042	Piper PA-28-181 N2179Y	Chambersburg Pennsylvania	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-03	ATL89DMG01	Amateur-built TEENIE TWO N4831Y	Albemarle North Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	CHI89DEV04	Amateur-built REGIONNE 2002 CGFSY	Urbana Illinois	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	CHI89DEX02	Cessna 172 N5728A	Greencastle Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-03	CHI89FA030	Mooney M20J N201UL	Vermillion Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-03	FTW89FA028	Piper PA-38-112 N2379V	Tomball Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-03	FTW89LA027	Cessna 172B N7917X	Plano Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-03	FTW89LA029	Cessna 210L N22229	Texarkana Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	LAX89LA059	Cessna 152 N47220	Scottsdale Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	MKC89LA034	Cessna 182 N5851B	Garnett Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	MKC89LA036	Piper PA-28 N4344F	Lakeview Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	NYC89LA037	Cessna 172 N19863	Block Island Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	NYC89LA043	Cessna 185 N6387	Hanson Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-03	SEA89FA021	Cessna 335 N2706F	Arlington Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-02	ATL89FA051	Bell 206B N3TV	Pinson Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-02	ATL89LA049	Cessna 172M N92388	Griffin Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-02	FTW89DPA03	Bell 47-D1 N74124	Allen Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	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.