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
1987-06-15	LAX87LA236	Cessna T210L N59104	Merced California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-15	NYC87LA173	Piper PA-38-112 N2477B	Canastota New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	ATL87DEI05	Bell 47G-2 N984B	Lisbon Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	CHI87DET05	Amateur-built MAXAIR XP-503 N171RB	Michigan City Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	CHI87DET06	Amateur-built AVID FLYER N138RK	Goshen Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	CHI87LA146	Cessna 210M N761Q	La Porte Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	CHI87LA147	Piper PA-28-180 N7306W	Anderson Indiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-14	DEN87FA148	Mooney M20K N4047H	Broomfield Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-14	DEN87LA149	Piper PA-36-285 N57773	Driscoll North Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-14	DEN87LA151	Piper PA-22-160 N8924D	Los Lunas New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	FTW87LA143	Cessna 172 N5079A	Cameron Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	FTW87LA144	Great Lakes 2T-1A N874K	Lago Vista Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	FTW87LA145	Cessna 172 N13618	Yukon Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	MIA87LA181	Cessna 150H N6647S	St. Cloud Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-14	MIA87LA183	Piper PA-38 N2537N	Miramar Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	NYC87LA176	Piper PA-28-180 +1 more N4889L	Towanda Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	SEA87LA116	Piper PA-28-160 N5458W	Odessa Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-14	SEA87LA117	Schweizer SGS 1-36 N3616F	Reno Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	CHI87IA148 incident	Dornier DO-228-201 N88FB	Springfield Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	DEN87LA143	Beech 19A N7650R	Erie Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	DEN87LA150	Cessna A185E N5836J	Norwood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	FTW87FA142	Beech 35 N3063V	Cookson Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-13	MIA87LA180	Taylorcraft BL-65 N36130	Deland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	MIA87LA182	Cessna 172G N4346W	Caribbean Sea	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	NYC87FA172	Piper PA-32RT-300 N222HF	Nantucket Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-13	NYC87LA177	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N94383	Quakertown Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	NYC87LA178	Robinson R-22 N351	Sterling Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-13	SEA87LA114	Cessna T-188C N9795J	Yerington Nevada	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-13	SEA87LA115	Taylorcraft BC12-D N43944	Ketchikan Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-12	ATL87LA167	Cessna 172M N9355H	Sylva North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-12	CHI87LA143	Cessna 172N N4691G	Prairie Duchien Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-12	CHI87LA144	Cessna 182M N91927	Lake Village Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-12	DEN87LA141	Cessna T210H N692RF	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-12	FTW87LA141	Cessna 152 N24258	Arlington Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-12	SEA87LA118	Bell 47G-3B-2 N2219W	Milton-Freewatr Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-11	ANC87LA078	Amateur-built DHC-2 N98EL	King Salmon Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-11	ATL87IA166 incident	Boeing 737-200 N782N	Columbus Ohio	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-06-11	LAX87LA233	Cessna 150H N23280	Porterville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-11	NYC87LA169	Cessna 414A N2691S	Binghamton New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	ATL87DKG04	Bell TH-13T N205PS	Melvin Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	FTW87FA139	Beech V35A N39JB	El Paso Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-10	MIA87FA176	Bell 206L-1 N3177L	Winter Haven Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	MIA87LA175	Amateur-built DOLPHIN 1 N51PJ	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	MIA87LA177	Grumman G-164 N585Y	Ruleville Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	MIA87LA178	Piper PA-24-250 N6529P	Kissimmee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	MIA87LA179	Cessna A188B N4776R	Senatobia Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-10	NYC87LA171	Piper PA-24-180 N5060P	Middlesex New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-09	ANC87DAG02	Amateur-built BEAVER U-6A N123PG	Sparrevohn Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-06-09	ANC87IA077 incident	Boeing 727-90C N766AS	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-06-09	ATL87IA163 incident	Piper PA-34-200 N56657	Birmingham Alabama	no injuries minor 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.