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
1988-06-23	CHI88DEX05	Beech V35A N7892R	Seymour Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-23	CHI88LA140	Piper PA-28-180 +1 more N44753	Portage Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-23	FTW88LA123	Beech B-24R N9162S	Blanchard Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-23	LAX88DVG06	Cessna 188 N4946Q	Upper Lake California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-23	LAX88FA230	Cessna 310 N170R	Big Bear Lake California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-23	LAX88LA231	Cessna 152 N4792B	Stonyford California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-23	LAX88WA237	Beech A33 A N25FP	La Piedad Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	ANC88LA070	Cessna U206 N2183F	Black Lake Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	ATL88FA198	Cessna 150 N4282U	Eastman Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-22	ATL88FA199	Luscombe 8A N1144B	Horse Shoe North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-22	ATL88FA200	Globe GC-1B N780GM	Myrtlewood Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-22	CHI88IA141 incident	Swearingen SA226-TC N329BA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1988-06-22	CHI88LA138	Cessna 152 N757CD	Howell Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	CHI88LA139	Piper PA-28R-201 N36472	Noblesville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	DEN88LA134	Cessna T188C N4970J	Big Timber Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	LAX88LA229	Bellanca 7GCBC N5042P	Dorris California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-22	MIA88LA202	Cessna 180 N3634C	Bimini Burkina Faso	no injuries destroyed	Final
1988-06-22	MKC88LA116	Grumman G-164A N8644H	Cotton Plant Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-21	ANC88LA069	Piper PA-14 N4260H	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-21	ATL88LA197	Aeronca 0-58B N47190	Newberry South Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-21	DEN88LA133	Cessna 152 N96730	Grand Forks North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-21	FTW88LA139	Cessna 140 N76505	Clifton Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-21	LAX88DVA07	Ayres S2R N5512X	Firebaugh California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-21	MKC88LA114	Piper PA-28R-200 N4490T	Eldon Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-06-20	ATL88LA196	Cessna 175C N8371T	Boston Georgia	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-20	CHI88DER10	Amateur-built EVANS VP-1 N17BL	Duquette Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	CHI88LA136	Amateur-built DHC2-MK I N49771	Warroad Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	LAX88DVG05	Schweizer G-164B N8487K	Gridley California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-20	LAX88LA205	Cessna 150J N61175	Calistoga California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	LAX88LA227	Cessna 210M N732KS	Tres Pinos California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	LAX88LA228	Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 N6026V	Clearlake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	MIA88FA201	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N90360	Catano Puerto Rico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-20	NYC88DFA02	Amateur-built TIERRA II N4462T	Plattsburgh New York	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-20	SEA88LA115	Peterson J-4 CGHGZ	Ephrata Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	CHI88LA135	Cessna 152 N49207	Urbana Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	DEN88LA132	Burkhart Grob G-102 N143SS	Moriarty New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	LAX88LA225	Beech 77 N37354	Santa Barbara California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	MIA88LA198	Hughes 369D N1109P	Horn Lake Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	MIA88LA199	Cessna 152 N95056	Coldwater Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-19	MKC88LA113	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N94045	Florence Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-18	BFO88LA055	Aeronca 7AC N1841E	Capon Bridge West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-06-18	CHI88DEC03	Cessna 150 N5810E	Jackson Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-06-18	DEN88LA131	Grumman G-164 N455Y	Ayr North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-18	LAX88DVA08	Smith MODEL B AVID FLYER N249SJ	Atwater California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-18	MIA88FA197	Amateur-built SKYCYCLE 2 N33KA	Orlando Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-18	MKC88LA112	Beech D18S N4234A	St. Louis Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-18	NYC88FA167	Bellanca 7GCBC N4129Y	Livermore Falls Maine	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-18	NYC88LA168	Cessna 305A N14418	Colts Neck New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-18	NYC88LA169	Robinson R22HP N622SC	Copake Falls New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-18	NYC88LA171	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C N94037	Steep Falls Maine	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.