Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989

2,502 cases in 1989, 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 · 2,502

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1989-05-09	SEA89LA083	Amateur-built ALPHA N5531N	Star Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-08	LAX89IA184 incident	Boeing 747 ZKNZX	Los Angeles California	minor injuries	Final
1989-05-08	LAX89LA185	Cessna 210T N30678	Imperial California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-08	MKC89LA105	Weatherly 620TP N4607C	Montrose Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-07	ATL89DMG03	Amateur-built S-1C N7VC	Fuquay-Varina North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-07	DEN89DTE03	Amateur-built VARIVIGGEN N34VV	Falcon Colorado	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-07	DEN89FA117	Piper PA-28-140 N7296J	Livingston Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-07	FTW89FA093	Mbb BO-105S N2785B	W Cameron Blk	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-07	MKC89DCG01	Amateur-built FLYBABY N1305	West Plains Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-07	MKC89FA104	Callair A-9 N3581G	Hamilton Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-07	MKC89LA106	Cessna 150 N6411K	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	ANC89FA069	Bell 412 N524EH	Girdwood Alaska	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-06	ANC89LA067	Cessna 170B N4074V	Kalskag Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	ATL89FA142	Embraer EMB-110-P1 N95PB	Mt. Pleasant Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-06	ATL89FA144	Piper PA-22-135 N8693C	Augusta Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	ATL89LA143	Cessna 182A N4985D	Lugoff South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	CHI89LA085	Cessna 152 N25054	Flint Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	FTW89DRG05	Grumman-Schweizer G-164 N4591	Edcouch Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	FTW89LA092	Bell 47L N6330D	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	LAX89FA181	Cessna 152 N6301M	Port San Luis California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-06	LAX89FA182	Cessna 172 N6129E	Industry California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-06	LAX89LA183	Piper PA-24 N550V	Montague California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	MIA89IA145 incident	Piper PA-34-200T N859SC	Miami Florida	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-05-06	MIA89LA147	Cessna 310P N5769M	Fort Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	MKC89LA103	Beech 58 N8152R	Brainerd Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-06	SEA89LA080	Amateur-built SUPER KOALA N30SK	Kelso Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-06	SEA89LA081	Cessna 150 N6575G	Yamhill Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-05	DEN89LA116	Cessna 170B N3475D	Deming New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-05	DEN89LA119	Piper PA-28RT-201T N9147Y	Durango Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-04	ANC89IA068 incident	Piper PA-34-200T N47895	Cordova Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-05-04	ATL89LA140	Cessna A185F CGCMT	Charlotte North Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	ATL89LA141	Cessna 152 N47316	Ravenna Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-04	CHI89IA084 incident	Fokker F-27 MK500 N511AW	Moline Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-05-04	FTW89DQA04	Cessna A188B N731FR	Dell City Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	FTW89FA089	Smith, Ted Aerostar 601 N90619	New Iberia Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	FTW89FA091	Aeronca 11AC N3226E	Paradise Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	LAX89FA178	Piper PA-28-201T N8133A	Stockton California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	LAX89LA179	Cessna 180 N9924N	Cottonwood Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-04	MKC89FA102	Cessna 150H N22875	Carnegie Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-04	MKC89LA100	Cessna 172 N5092D	Wentzville Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-04	SEA89LA078	Cessna 172 N6064R	Lynden Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-04	SEA89LA079	Piper PA-38-112 N24508	Lacey Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-03	DEN89LA114	Piper PA-18-150 N9858D	Bozeman Montana	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1989-05-03	DEN89LA115	Cessna 182G N3410S	St. Xavier Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-03	FTW89FA090	Cessna 172P N5253K	Burnet Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-03	LAX89LA177	Cessna 310C N1798H	Jackson California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-03	MIA89GA144	Douglas C-47 N28889	Summerland Key Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
1989-05-02	CHI89IA083 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N434AA	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-05-02	DEN89LA113	Bellanca 7ECA N9121L	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-02	MKC89LA101	Cessna 152 N6436P	Buffalo Minnesota	no 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.