Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1987

2,774 cases in 1987, 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 · 2,774

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1987-03-28	ATL87FA100	Piper PA-34-200T N2221E	Georgetown Delaware	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-28	CHI87FA133	Beech V35-TC N2820S	Mount Vernon Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-28	CHI87LA105	Aeronca 15AC N1156H	Hibbing Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	DEN87LA075	Aeronca 7AC N6050V	Columbus Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	DEN87LA076	Cessna 150M N2848V	Cavalier North Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	FTW87DQG01	Amateur-built P51 N51JR	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	FTW87LA084	Piper PA-32-300 N2946Y	Many Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	FTW87LA085	Cessna 150H N22064	Palestine Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	FTW87NA086	Learjet 24A N31SK	Eagle Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-28	LAX87DUJ04	Amateur-built B-8M N282A	Fountain Hills Arizona	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	LAX87LA158	Thorp T-18 N26CK	Riverside California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-28	LAX87LA166	Cessna 310 N223H	Agua Dulce California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	MIA87LA121	Cessna 310L N3304X	Venice Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	MIA87LA132	Cessna 172M N12497	Clarksdale Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	MKC87LA068	Cessna 150F N6978F	Fremont Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-28	SEA87LA070	Piper PA-28-140 N4298T	Newberg Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	ATL87LA097	Piper PA-32-300 N3042U	Toccoa Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	ATL87LA099	Grumman G-164 N654Y	Shelbyville Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-27	CHI87FA104	Piper PA-32-300 N452BH	Frankfort Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-27	DEN87LA073	Mooney M20C N6550U	Wahpeton North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	FTW87DPJ05	Amateur-built DHC-1B-2S5 N320HP	Claremore Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-27	LAX87LA163	Piper PA-28-235 N9306W	San Luis Obispo California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	MIA87LA120	Cessna 210C N3643Y	Ponch Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	NYC87LA115	Piper PA-31-350 N40958	Bedford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-27	SEA87LA069	Bellanca 17-30 N4878V	Medford Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	ATL87LA095	Piper PA-25 N6699Z	Bainbridge Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	ATL87LA096	Cessna 152 N757LM	Owensboro Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	ATL87LA098	Mooney M20F N6990V	Winnsboro South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	CHI87LA103	Cessna 172M N19984	Shelbyville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	DEN87LA072	Bellanca 17-30A N8793V	Greeley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	DEN87LA074	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N1521G	Park City Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	LAX87FA156	Cessna 310Q N7603Q	Half Moon Bay California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-26	MIA87LA119	Piper PA-24 N6143P	Gainesville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-26	SEA87IA068 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N151AA	Tuba City Arizona	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-03-25	CHI87MA101	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N128AA	Chicago Illinois	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-03-25	FTW87FA080	Convair CV-580 N73107	Dallas Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-25	MIA87FA118	Aero Mirage TC-2 N2484V	Williston Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-24	LAX87DVD02	Culver CADET LFA N37838	Antioch California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-24	LAX87FA153	Beech V35B N8888M	Camp Pendleton California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-03-24	MKC87IA066 incident	Cessna 172 N98763	Neosho Missouri	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-03-24	MKC87LA065	Beech BE-58 N38077	Houston Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-23	CHI87IA100 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N409AA	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-03-23	DEN87LA071	Cessna 172H N1725F	Larimore North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-23	LAX87LA155	Piper PA-28-140 N2439T	Anza California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	ATL87LA090	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-D N99436	Cottondale Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	ATL87LA091	Champion 7FC N90398	Bellefontaine Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	ATL87LA093	Schweizer SGS 2-33 N2959H	Waynesville Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	BFO87DID02	Eagle Balloons C-7 N60765	Montvale Virginia	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	DEN87LA070	Cessna 152 N6285Q	Carlsbad New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-03-22	FTW87DPJ06	Air Tractor AT301 N3655G	El Dorado Oklahoma	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.