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
1988-04-20	MIA88LA157	Cessna 150J N60358	Deland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-20	NYC88LA115	Maule M-6-235 N366X	Walton New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-19	ANC88LA048	Cessna 206 N51205	Cantwell Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-19	FTW88DRA09	Amateur-built BABY GREAT LAKES N6915	Angleton Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-19	FTW88IA092 incident	Piper PA-31-350 N59981	Henderson Texas	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-04-19	FTW88LA091	Cessna 150M N704MF	Azle Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-19	SEA88LA081	Rockwell A-9B N7657V	Grace Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-18	ANC88LA046	Aerospatiale SA315B N65185	Near Central Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-18	CHI88DEC01	Beech 23 N2326L	Brighton Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-04-18	MIA88LA154	Aerostar S-60A N6583C	Orlando Florida	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-18	MIA88LA155	Piper PA-38-112 N2322F	Mcdavid Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ANC88FA045	Piper PA-18-150 N4177Z	Palmer Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ANC88LA043	Cessna 185 N5060R	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ANC88LA044	Aeronca 7DC N2532E	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ATL88IA147 incident	Boeing 737-200 N433PE	Cleveland Ohio	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ATL88LA148	Cessna 182Q N759BJ	Lowell Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	ATL89FAMS2	Piper PA-28-140 N98070	Missing	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-17	BFO88FIG01	Cessna 152 N5269H	Annapolis Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	CHI88LA098	Cessna 150K N6126G	Pinconning Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	LAX88FA163	Aerospatiale AS355F N5777P	Cajon California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-04-17	LAX88FA168	Piper PA-28-140 N1681J	Essex California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-04-17	LAX88LA164	Bellanca 8GCBC N5504S	Florence Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	MIA88LA204	Piper PA-32-300 N2032M	Fort Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-17	NYC88LA127	Piper PA-28-180 N4893L	Slatington Pennsylvania	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-17	NYC88LA128	Piper PA-28R-201T N9892K	Lincoln Park New Jersey	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	ATL88LA145	Piper PA-38-112 N4233E	Barnwell South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	CHI88LA100	Cessna 182D N8891X	Mt. Vernon Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	DCA88MA052	Amateur-built DHC-8 N819PH	Seattle Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-16	DEN88FA098	Piper PA-28R-200 N2738R	Pintura Utah	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	LAX88FA161	Cessna 172G N4493L	Los Banos California	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-04-16	LAX88FA162	Cessna 210L N29111	Maricopa California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-04-16	MIA88LA151	Cessna 152 N714SW	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	MIA88LA152	Amateur-built KITFOX N84DD	Lakeland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	MIA88LA153	Cessna 152 N4830B	Olive Branch Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	MIA88WA161	Boeing 757-225 N510EA	San Jose CS	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-04-16	MKC88LA077	Stinson 108-1 N40178	Belton Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	MKC88LA078	Piper PA-25 N7071Z	Red Cloud Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-16	NYC88LA126	Cessna 150 N7504G	Windham Connecticut	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-16	SEA88FA078	Piper PA-32RT-300T N36815	Port Angeles Washington	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-16	SEA88LA079	Mooney M20E N7158V	The Dalles Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-15	ATL88IA144 incident	Cessna 152 N93802	York South Carolina	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-15	DEN88FA097	Cessna 150 N13788	Deer Lodge Montana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-15	LAX88WA165	Piper PA28 N4134W	Mulege Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-15	MIA88IA150 incident	Beech 58 N796Q	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-15	MIA88LA148	Amateur-built RV-4 N51HH	Defuniak Sprngs Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-15	MIA88LA149	Piper PA-32-300 N5231S	Monticello Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	ANC88IA047 incident	Cessna 207A N73188	Takslesuk Lake Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	ATL88FA142	Balloon Works AX-8B N74070	Alpharetta Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	ATL88LA143	Piper PA-38-112 N91371	Painesville Ohio	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-14	BFO88FA036	Fokker F28 MK 4000 N110UR	Charleston West Virginia	minor 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.