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
1987-05-16	ANC87FA070	Cessna 150 N66286	Birchwood Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	ANC87LA071	Cessna 182A N4600W	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	ATL87LA138	Cessna 172-N N739QF	Walhalla South Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-16	ATL87LA139	Piper PA-30 N7937Y	Raleigh North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	ATL87LA141	Cessna 150 N704EA	China Grove North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	BFO87LA038	Cessna 150K N5747G	Selbyville Delaware	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-16	CHI87DER07	Air Command UNKNOWN UNREG	Dodge Center Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-16	CHI87FA129	Cessna A150K N8331M	Scotts Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-16	CHI87LA130	Cessna 172P N97193	Lansing Illinois	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-16	DEN87LA125	Cessna 170B N1979C	Big Sky Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	FTW87LA120	Cessna 152 N48735	Sargent Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	LAX87LA206	Cessna T182 N9545H	Carefree Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	MIA87LA159	Cessna 120 N2106V	Oklawaha Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	NYC87LA148	Cessna 182 N6298A	Honeoye Falls New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	NYC87LA149	Cessna 172 N734EM	Atlantic City New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-16	NYC87LA159	Piper PA-28-235 N9443W	Toms River New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-15	CHI87LA128	Cessna 152 N92140	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	ANC87LA069	Fairchild C-119L N8504X	Shageluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	CHI87DER06	Bell 47G-2A N6786D	New Prague Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-14	DEN87LA124	Brantly Helicopter 305 N5JM	Golden Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	DEN87LA127	Cessna A188B N70164	Limon Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	LAX87LA205	Cessna 150M N704QH	Honolulu Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	MIA87LA161	Piper PA-23-250 N640CC	Missing Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-14	NYC87LA147	Cessna 152 N24806	Edgartown Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-14	SEA87LA094	Cessna 182B N4848D	Orvado Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-13	CHI87LA127	Cessna 152 N5286P	Waukesha Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-13	LAX87WA217	Cessna 150G N3180X	Castillejos RP	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-13	NYC87FA146	Piper PA-32-300 N32774	Sayre Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-13	SEA87LA092	Aerospatiale SA315-D LAMA N47256	Siletz Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-12	BFO87LA036	Beech C-24R N18880	Chestertown Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-12	DCA87MA031	Learjet 35A N100EP	West Mifflin Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-12	DEN87LA123	Cessna 150 N8649G	Akron Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-12	FTW87LA118	Cessna 182 N9845C	Nowatta Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-12	LAX87DUM04	Texas Helicopter M74L-WASP N1001Z	Holtville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-12	NYC87LA145	Cessna 150 N50682	Stanford New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-11	ANC87LA068	Cessna 305 N5233G	Port Heiden Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-11	FTW87LA124	Cessna T210N N5342A	Tahlequah Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-11	MKC87LA111	Cessna 150H N6561S	Miami Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-10	ATL87FA135	Beech 35 N2988V	Avon Ohio	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-10	ATL87FA136	Piper J4A N25020	Collierville Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-10	DEN87FA121	North American T-28D N9611C	Tatum New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-10	FTW87LA117	Cessna 152 N4922P	Okmulgee Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-10	LAX87DUM03	Chance Vought F4U-7 N33693	Chula Vista California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-10	LAX87LA204	Piper PA-38-112 N2315V	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-10	SEA87LA095	Piper PA-20-115 N7732K	Seattle Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-09	BFO87LA035	Beech A23 N3543R	Ravenswood West Virginia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-09	CHI87LA125	Cessna 120 N2224N	Lebanon Indiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-09	CHI87LA126	Cessna 150E N3039J	St. Johns Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-09	DEN87LA122	Amateur-built ACRO SPORT N1717	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-05-09	MKC87FA103	Champion 7EC N7556E	Delia Kansas	2 killed 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.