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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Colorado

2,857 cases in Colorado, 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 · 2,857

DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
1988-07-17 DEN88LA160 Cessna 180
N2815A
Boulder
Colorado
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-09 DEN88LA150 Piper PA-28R-201T
N135E
Erie
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-09 DEN88LA155 Cessna 152
N67712
Aurora
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-07 DEN88LA148 Beech A36
N6051M
Craig
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-04 DEN88LA152 Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B
N7420S
Fort Collins
Colorado
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-03 DEN88LA144 Piper PA-32-260
N4878S
Colorado Spring
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-01 DEN88DTE06 Amateur-built BD-5B
N250TH
Englewood
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-01 DEN88LA143 Mooney M-20K
N231PG
Gunnison
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-29 DEN88LA140 Beech C35
N8930A
Brighton
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-14 DEN88LA129 Cessna 172
N2262E
Rifle
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-13 DEN88LA165 Hall HP-18
N81940
Westcliffe
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-10 DEN88FA126 Cessna 404
N8827K
Denver
Colorado
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-07 DEN88DTE05 Piper PA-25-235
N8678L
Limon
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-01 DEN88LA116 Cessna TR-182RG
N999HP
Englewood
Colorado
serious injuries Preliminary
1988-06-01 DEN88LA117 Cessna T210N
N6638N
Ft. Collins
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-05-28 DEN88FA115 Mooney M20
N5279B
Jamestown
Colorado
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-05-28 DEN88LA113 Cessna 152
N67446
Fort Collins
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-05-13 DEN88FA107 Stinson 108-2
N354C
Mosca
Colorado
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-05-07 DEN88DTE04 Grumman G-164A
N8518H
Vona
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-05-07 DEN88FA106 Bell 47G-3B1
N8455E
Cortez
Colorado
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-04-30 DEN88LA105 Cessna 185F
N8389Q
Erie
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-28 DEN88LA101 Cessna 172Q
N96299
Englewood
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-25 DEN88DTE03 Piper PA-25-235
N9569P
Akron
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-20 DEN88FA099 Beech A23-19
N7979L
Gunnison
Colorado
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-04-14 DEN88LA095 Cessna 150M
N714BK
Garfield
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-03 DEN88FA090 Beech A36
N5WW
Colorado Spring
Colorado
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-04-02 DEN88FA089 Burkhart Grob G103A
N788G
Boulder
Colorado
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-04-02 DEN88FA091 Aerospatiale SA316B
N72590
Silver Plume
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-03-22 DEN88LA085 Bellanca 7GCAA
N8929
Greeley
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-03-09 DEN88LA082 Cessna 152
N47567
Fort Collins
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-22 DEN88LA075 Cessna 206G
N756EY
Loveland
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-21 DEN88LA079 Piper PA-28RT-201T
N2904C
Aurora
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-20 DEN88LA080 Cessna TU-206
N9848M
Durango
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-17 DEN88IA072
incident
Amateur-built DH-7 +1 more
N9058P
Denver
Colorado
no injuries Preliminary
1988-02-14 DEN88LA078 Piper PA-28-161
N9419C
Aurora
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-12 DEN88LA069 Cessna 172N
N4914D
Englewood
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-04 DEN88FA062 Piper PA-18-125
N1153A
Brighton
Colorado
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-02-03 DEN88FA061 Convair 580
N5808
Durango
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-31 DEN88LA073 Cessna 182R
N9393H
Pueblo
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-30 DEN88LA059 Piper PA-18-150
N62491
Peyton
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-28 DEN88LA058 Piper PA-32-260
N1246T
Colorado Spring
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-20 DCA88MA017 Fairchild SA-227AC
N68TC
Bayfield
Colorado
9 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-01-17 DEN88FA054 Amateur-built AA-5A
N9937U
Elbert
Colorado
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-01-12 DEN88FA050 Cessna T303
N9565T
Kiowa
Colorado
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-01-10 DEN88LA047 Cessna 182G
N3406S
Aurora
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-10 DEN88LA052 Cessna 305A
N5245G
Littleton
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-09 DEN88LA048 Amateur-built EXECUTIVE
N7007B
Colorado Spring
Colorado
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-01-08 DEN88LA042 Cessna 152
N280SV
Greeley
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-12-30 DEN88FA044 Swearingen SA-26AT
N4468M
Telluride
Colorado
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-12-27 DEN88IA043
incident
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80
N72830
Denver
Colorado
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.