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
1988-12-02	LAX89DUQ02	Amateur-built LONG EZ N84BJ	Camarillo California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-02	LAX89DVD01	Amateur-built JH-1 N58EE	Petaluma California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-02	MKC89LA032	Cessna 172 N65642	Little Falls Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-02	NYC89DNE01	Bell 47D1 N163B	Russell Massachusetts	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-01	LAX89LA041	Piper PA-28 N5852V	Modesto California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-30	ATL89FA047	Beech P35 N9584Y	Bakersville North Carolina	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-30	ATL89LA048	Cessna 152 N68001	Salisbury North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-30	BFO89LA013	Swearingen SA-226T N263CM	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-29	NYC89LA041	Robinson R22 N9035U	Sharon Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-28	CHI89LA029	Mcdonnell Douglas 269C N1098P	Frankfort Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-28	DEN89FA038	Cessna 150L N1464Q	Fairplay Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-28	LAX89FA057	Beech N35 N9469Y	Hanford California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-11-28	MIA89IA043 incident	Airbus Industrie A-300-600 N80057	San Juan Puerto Rico	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-11-28	MIA89LA045	Piper PA-24-250 N8226P	Crestview Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-28	MIA89LA046	Piper PA-28-180 N7926N	Atlantic Ocean AO	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-28	MKC89DCJ01	Piper PA-17 N4691H	Omaha Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-27	DEN89LA037	Piper PA-18-150 N743L	Casper Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-27	FTW89FA025	Luscombe 8E N2301K	Port Lavaca Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-27	MIA89FA044	Piper PA-28-161 N8033Y	Molino Florida	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-27	MIA89LA042	Piper PA-60-601P N45MA	Fort Pierce Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-26	ATL89FA045	Piper PA-28-140 N98369	Concord North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-26	NYC89LA039	Piper PA-28-181 N8172P	Danielson Connecticut	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-11-25	ANC89LA020	Piper PA-12 N2930M	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-25	ATL89LA046	North American T-6G N45TC	Hamilton Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-25	LAX89FA058	Cessna 182R N5545N	Gorman California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-11-25	NYC89LA040	Bellanca 7ECA N8572V	Erwinna Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-24	CHI89FA027	Gulfstream AA1A N9396L	North Vernon Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-24	CHI89LA028	Piper PA-32-260 N3662W	Marquette Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-24	DEN89FA036	Cessna T210F N6105R	Cortez Colorado	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-24	FTW89FA024	Cessna 337A N5337S	Weatherford Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-11-23	ATL89LA044	Piper PA-24-250 N6711P	Ft Mill South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-23	BFO89FA012	Piper PA-32-300 N4194W	Meadows of Dan Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-11-23	FTW89LA026	Bell 206B N83109	Chalmette Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-23	NYC89LA038	Piper PA-28-180 N4341T	Berlin New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-11-22	ANC89IA019 incident	Cessna A185F N20752	Deadhorse Alaska	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-11-22	ATL89LA043	Cessna 182 N5473B	Thomaston Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-22	LAX89LA055	Air & Space 18A N6113S	Palo Alto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-22	LAX89LA056	Bellanca 8KCAB N8695V	Twentynine Palm California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-22	MKC89LA026	Piper PA-22-135 N8927C	Salisbury Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-22	MKC89LA029	Aerospatiale TB-21 N20GF	Clinton Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-22	NYC89LA035	Piper PA-28-181 N2885G	Palmyra New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-11-20	ATL89LA042	Piper PA-31-350 N27947	Union City Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-20	FTW89FA023	Beech A36 N6639R	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-20	LAX89LA054	Cessna 175 N6641E	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-20	MIA89LA039	Piper PA-32R-300 N4908F	Holly Springs Mississippi	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-11-20	MIA89LA040	Cessna 172 N8262B	Okeechobee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-20	MIA89LA041	Piper PA-24-260 N9064P	Ocala Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-20	MKC89LA028	Piper PA-12 N12MZ	Lino Lakes Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-11-20	NYC89LA034	Cessna 340 N468CM	Oxford Connecticut	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-11-19	BFO89LA011	Piper PA-24-250 N8215P	Port Royal Virginia	no 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.