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
1988-05-24	ATL88LA183	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N41886	Whiteville North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	ATL88MA184	Learjet 35A N500RW	West Paterson New Jersey	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-24	DCA88MA059	Embraer EMB-110P N65DA	Lawton Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-05-24	FTW88DRA12	Grumman G-164A N5374	Winnie Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	FTW88FA110	Cessna 320-F N73AT	San Angelo Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	FTW88IA109 incident	Boeing 737-3T0 N75356	New Orleans Louisiana	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-05-24	LAX88LA201	Cessna 172N N5083D	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	MIA88IA177 incident	British Aircraft Corp. (Bac) BAC-111-203 N1544	Orlando Florida	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	MKC88LA096	Amateur-built TAYLOR MONOPLANE N4256B	Marshalltown Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-24	MKC88LA097	Cessna 310K N7011L	Kansas City Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-23	FTW88DRA13	Amateur-built MUSTANG II N29WH	Tomball Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-23	FTW88LA108	Cessna 172P N52119	Roanoke Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-05-23	MIA88IA176 incident	Airbus Industrie A-300 +1 more N209PA	Near San Juan Puerto Rico	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-05-23	NYC88LA146	Cessna 152 N46413	Turner Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	ATL88LA181	Globe GC-1A N80582	Blue Ridge Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	BFO88LA049	Cessna 180 N3173C	Annapolis Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	CHI88LA115	Cessna 172 N5848A	North Liberty Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	LAX88LA194	Cessna 150 N5411Q	Hesperia California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	MIA88LA175	Globe GC1-B N90379	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-22	NYC88LA144	Cessna 150F N8154S	West Chester Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	ANC88FA062	Amateur-built DHC-2 N1435Z	Anchorage Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-21	ATL88LA182	Cessna 172F N8374U	Shellman Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	CHI88LA116	Champion 7GCBC N9686S	La Crosse Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	FTW88NA106	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N136AA	Dfw Airport Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	LAX88LA193	Robinson R22 N32Y	Paso Robles California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	MIA88LA174	Luscombe 8A N45980	Geneva Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	MIA88RA173	Bell 222UT H18	Kingston Jamaica		Preliminary
1988-05-21	MKC88LA094	Cessna 170 N2585V	Cassville Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	MKC88LA095	Beech 23 N2378L	Independence Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	NYC88LA145	Taylorcraft BC-12D N96193	Brookhaven New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-05-21	NYC88LA162	Cessna 150 N6078T	Poland New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-21	SEA88LA099	Brown 1911 BELLANCA N10317	Carson City Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-20	ATL88LA179	Cessna 152 N94533	Conway South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-20	CHI88DET03	Davis HEATH MODEL V N312HD	Valparaiso Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-20	CHI88LA117	Piper PA-28R-200 N55786	Terre Haute Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-20	DEN88FA110	Cessna 152 N25934	Heber City Utah	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-20	SEA88LA098	Grumman G-164 N6963K	Ritzville Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-20	SEA88LA100	Piper PA-25-260 N4842Y	Clementsville Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	ATL88LA177	Piper PA-28-161 N69161	Lebanon Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	ATL88LA178	Piper PA-18-150 N39932	Myrtle Beach South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	FTW88DRD04	Grumman G-164A N8657H	Rayne Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	FTW88LA107	Cessna 172N N4659G	Graham Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	LAX88FA190	Piper PA-38-112 N2326A	Green Valley Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-05-19	LAX88LA189	Hiller UH-12E N573HA	Anderson California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	LAX88LA191	Beech G-35 N4472D	Bullhead City Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-19	MKC88LA092	Bell 47G-2 N4690	Mc Dougal Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-18	ANC88FA059	Piper PA-32-260 N897P	Skwentna Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-18	ANC88LA060	Cessna 175B N32CP	Asigiyukpak Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-18	ANC88LA061	Piper PA-32-301 N8259V	Port Heiden Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-18	ATL88DMG06	Cessna 188 N8250G	Messic North Carolina	no 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.