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
1987-05-30	LAX87LA221	Cessna 182G N3274S	Avenal California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-30	LAX87LA224	Bellanca 7KCAB +1 more N88314	Fremont California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-30	NYC87LA156	Piper PA-31-350 N59728	Cooperstown New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-30	SEA87LA105	Beech BE18 N503CW	Glenns Ferry Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	ANC87LA073	Cessna 180 N2940C	Naknek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	ATL87LA153	Cessna 152 N68163	Trenton Kentucky	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-29	CHI87LA134	Cessna U206C N3970G	Grand Rapids Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	MIA87IA166 incident	Boeing 747-245F N813FT	Caracas Venezuela	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	MKC87LA113	Ayres S2R600 N4197X	Paragould Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	NYC87DGT01	Schleicher ASW-20L N705X	Mt Holley Sprgs Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	SEA87LA103	Ayres S2R N3693X	Walla Walla Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-29	SEA87LA104	Cessna 172 N4173F	Prospect Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-28	ATL87DLQ02	Hughes 369HS N9180F	Hawesville Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-28	MIA87LA165	Cessna 210L N121PL	Tallahassee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-28	SEA87FA106	Hiller UH-12E N28875	Shelton Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-27	ATL87LA151	Beech A36-TC N18HB	Winder Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	ATL87LA152	Piper PA-28-140 N1696T	Erwin North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	DEN87LA136	Cessna 180 N2933C	Upton Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	FTW87FA129	Beech B-60 N4314W	Wall Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-27	FTW87FA130	Grumman AA5A N26378	Malakoff Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	FTW87LA131	Piper PA-34-200 N41788	Grand Prairie Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	LAX87LA218	Cessna 150L N6669G	San Jose California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-27	MIA87LA164	Cessna 402C N2652B	Missing Acft Burkina Faso	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-26	ATL87LA149	Cessna 150M N704YK	Dahlonega Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	ATL87LA150	Piper PA-28-200 N6857J	Maxwell Afb Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	DCA87MA033	British Aerospace 3101 N331CY	Kenner Louisiana	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-26	DEN87LA133	Piper PA-22-108 N5448Z	Milbank South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	DEN87LA135	Cessna 152 N48590	Ogden Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	LAX87LA215	Cessna 150F N8978S	Bermuda Dunes California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	MIA87LA163	Piper PA-28-180D N6406J	Astatula Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	MKC87LA110	Piper PA-22 N5868D	Carbondale Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-26	SEA87FA102	Socata TB10 N20FU	Battle Mountain Nevada	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-25	ANC87LA072	Taylorcraft BC-12D N96857	Soldotna Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-25	DEN87FA134	Piper PA-28RT-201T N2888B	Ogden Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-25	FTW87LA125	Amateur-built Q2 N85Q	Sherman Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-25	FTW87LA128	Mooney M20J N4787H	Marietta Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-25	LAX87FA212	Rockwell 114 N114CH	Los Gatos California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-25	MKC87LA108	Cessna 150L N1418Q	Harrison Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	ATL87FA147	Hiller UH-12D (H23) N6408	Spartanburg South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-24	FTW87LA127	Cessna 140 N111NZ	Waco Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	FTW87LA132	Piper PA-28-140 N6426W	Port Aransas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	LAX87WA216	Piper PA-30 N7077Y	Mexicali Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	NYC87LA154	Cessna 172 N65482	New Haven Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	NYC87LA155	North American SNJ-2 N65370	Farmingdale New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-24	SEA87FA100	Cessna 172 +1 more N5711A	Ritzville Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-24	SEA87LA101	Aero Commander AC-100 N3768X	Alderwood Manor Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-23	ATL87DEI04	Amateur-built EAA BIPLANE 1 N11TB	Orrville Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-23	ATL87LA146	Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200 N8543A	Sparta North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-23	DEN87LA132	Cessna 152 N89834	Broomfield Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-23	FTW87DPA01	North American SNJ-5 N777HL	Mckinney Texas	serious 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.