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
1988-04-14	DCA88WA050 incident	Boeing 747 N1295E	Schiphol-Amster Netherlands	minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	DEN88FA096	Piper PA-28-161 N3850M	Milford Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-14	DEN88LA095	Cessna 150M N714BK	Garfield Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	MIA88LA147	Air Tractor AT-301 N8841S	Hastings Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	MKC88LA076	Cessna 182E N9373X	Clarksville Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-14	SEA88LA077	Beech K-35 N40NL	Pullman Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	ATL88LA141	Cessna 170A +1 more N1213D	Athens Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	ATL88LA215	Hughes 269C N42JW	Lawrenceville Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	FTW88IA090 incident	Embraer EMB-110P1 N905FB	Wichita Falls Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	LAX88LA159	Cessna TU206G N735SU	Coarsegold California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	LAX88LA160	Bell 47D1 N917B	Taft California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	LAX88LA166	Champion 7EC N7586E	Mayer Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	MIA88FA144	Beech A-23 N8856M	Fort Myers Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-13	MIA88LA146	Amateur-built STAR-LITE N20RF	Lakeland Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-13	SEA88IA074 incident	Boeing 727-290 N291AS	Portland Oregon	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-12	ATL88IA139 incident	Boeing 727-225A N889Z	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-12	ATL88LA140	Cessna 152 N5089P	Center Village Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-12	LAX88LA158	Cessna 152 N5518H	Temecula California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-12	SEA88LA072	Amateur-built SKYBOLT GT-2 N76JJ	Saint John Washington	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-12	SEA88LA073	Hughes 269C N92PC	Sitka Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-12	SEA88LA076	Cessna 172M N91555	Lake Mead Nevada	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-11	ATL88FA138	Piper PA-28-180 N32911	Bowling Green Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-11	CHI88IA097 incident	Fairchild SA-226-TC N332BA	Bloomington Illinois	minor injuries	Final
1988-04-11	FTW88DRA07	Grumman G-164B N6620K	Lissie Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-11	FTW88LA089	Cessna 172K N7116G	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-11	LAX88LA156	Eiriavion Oy PIK 20D N1NZ	Saint Helena California	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-04-11	LAX88LA157	Aero Commander 560 N2705B	Bullhead City Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-11	NYC88LA123	Cessna 185 N4695E	Hopedale Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-10	ATL88DKG06	Christen Industries EAGLE II N722HS	Chamblee Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-10	CHI88DEM04	Amateur-built S-1S N528MS	Mt. Pleasant Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-10	FTW88DPJ04	Aerotek PITTS S-2A N8076	Elk City Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-10	MIA88DL001	Amateur-built S/R N82RC	Lakeland Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-10	MIA88FA142	Cessna 172N N6283F	Vero Beach Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-10	NYC88LA122	Cessna 172 N2825U	Myerstown Pennsylvania	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-10	SEA88LA071	Cessna 172XP N736KG	Walla Walla Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-09	ATL88FA137	Beech C50 N66L	Fayetteville North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-09	DEN88FA093	Cessna 310I N8008M	Helena Montana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-09	DEN88LA094	Agusta A109A N33SV	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-09	FTW88DRA06	Amateur-built BD-4 N1HN	Beaumont Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-09	MIA88LA145	Cessna 140A N84SC	Lakeland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-09	NYC88LA125	Schleicher ASW-20 +1 more N34JH	Fairfield Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-04-09	SEA88FA069	Aero Commander 680FL N291NC	Soda Springs Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-08	ATL88DMG05	Bellanca 14-19-3A N8880R	Boone North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-08	CHI88IA096 incident	Swearingen SA-227AC N448CA	Fort Wayne Indiana	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-04-08	MKC88LA075	Piper PA-28-161 N31900	Fort Smith Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-08	NYC88LA121	Piper PA-31-325 N59845	West Seneca New York	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1988-04-07	ATL88LA133	Cessna 152 N49409	Macon Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-07	ATL88LA134	Cessna 150C N7956Z	Funston Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-07	ATL88LA135	Cessna 177RG N46316	Briceville Tennessee	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-07	BFO88LA040	Cessna 340 N340FB	Pineville West Virginia	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.