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
1988-03-25	MKC88LA071	Rockwell S2-R N5563X	Stuttgart Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-24	ATL88LA124	Cessna 150G N2738S	Muscle Shoals Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-24	BFO88LA030	Cessna 172 N1807Y	New Cumberland West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-24	CHI88FA080	Cessna 310Q N7797Q	Servia Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-03-24	CHI88IA081 incident	Boeing 767-200 N308AA	Cimarron New Mexico	minor injuries	Preliminary
1988-03-24	DEN88LA086	Cessna 180 N9393C	Logan Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-24	FTW88LA082	Sikorsky S-76A N1547N	Offshore Oil	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-03-24	MKC88LA068	Cessna 172G N72PF	Springfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-24	NYC88LA105	Bell 206B N352BT	Agawam Massachusetts	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-23	ANC88LA040	Piper PA-22 N3100Z	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-23	LAX88LA133	Amateur-built AA5A N26851	Union City California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-22	ATL88FA123	Beech C23 N9272S	Sevierville Tennessee	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-22	BFO88LA028	Piper PA-28-140 N6587W	Chatham Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-22	BFO88LA029	Cessna 150G N6360S	Ridgeway Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-22	DEN88LA085	Bellanca 7GCAA N8929	Greeley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-22	MIA88LA128	Cessna 150H N22954	Pensacola Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-22	MKC88FA067	Piper PA-23-250 N62526	Excelsior Spgs Missouri	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-22	NYC88IA112 incident	Boeing 757 N628DL	Providence Rhode Island	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-03-21	BFO88LA027	Cessna 150L N6763G	Fairmont West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-21	DEN88GA088	Bell 47G-3B1 N7863S	Gobernador New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-21	SEA88IA065 incident	Boeing 727-232 N515DA	Portland Oregon	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	ATL88LA120	Slingsby DART T-51 N209K	Whitwell Tennessee	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-20	ATL88LA121	Cessna 140 N2233N	Easley South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	ATL88LA122	Cessna 310Q N7765Q	Donalsonville Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-20	BFO88FA026	Cessna 210N N6401N	Quantico Virginia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-20	CHI88LA078	Cessna 172P N66717	Sebewaing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	MKC88LA064	Cessna 188B N21653	Manter Kansas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-20	MKC88LA066	Beech 23 N4704J	Fulton Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	NYC88LA110	Cessna 182RG N738QK	Princeton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	NYC88LA111	Beech 23 N8722M	Rutland Vermont	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-20	SEA88LA064	Amateur-built EXECUTIVE N5045J	Elko Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-20	SEA88LA066	Cessna 150 N66727	Fox Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-19	ATL88LA119	Cessna 150J N60586	Villa Rica Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-19	DEN88FA084	Piper PA-22 N3254Z	Angel Fire New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-19	FTW88LA081	Cessna 150L N10842	Weatherford Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-19	LAX88LA131	Schweizer SGS 1-26A N3829A	Phelan California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-19	MKC88LA065	Cessna 150J N50672	Searcy Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-19	NYC88IA109 incident	Boeing 737 +1 more N69348	Morristown New Jersey	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-03-19	SEA88FA060	Pitts S-1C +1 more N6389	Carson City Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-19	SEA88LA061	Bellanca 8KCAB N36352	Blackfoot Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-19	SEA88LA062	Aeronca 7AC N81788	Umpqua Oregon	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-19	SEA88LA063	Stinson 108-2 N9660K	Cashmere Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-18	CHI88DEE03	Piper PA-22-150 N2758P	West Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-18	CHI88FA079	Bell 206L-1 N5759H	Taylorville Illinois	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-18	LAX88LA136	Bell 206B N2995W	Honolulu Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-18	SEA88LA059	Beech A24R N8307R	Las Vegas Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-17	ANC88LA041	Cessna 177 N34603	Tok Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-17	ATL88DMG04	Amateur-built SIDEWINDER N25150	Honea Path South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-17	ATL88FA118	Champion 7BCM N82782	Bishopville South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-17	DEN88IA083 incident	Cessna 210 N2180S	Billings Montana	no injuries minor 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.