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
1988-03-17	LAX88FA129	Beech V35B N4103A	Oildale California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-03-17	LAX88FA130	Dornier DO-24 N772AX	Oildale California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-03-17	SEA88LA058	Cessna 152 N4932H	Gold Bar Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-16	ATL88LA116	Cessna 172F N5244F	Myrtle Beach South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-16	CHI88DEX03	Piper PA-28-140 N15567	Evansville Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	ATL88LA115	Cessna 172K N78840	Butler Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	FTW88LA080	Hughes 269C N58332	Tomball Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	LAX88DVD03	Amateur-built RV-3A N87JP	Antioch California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-15	LAX88LA128	Cessna 150M N714FJ	Lodi California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	LAX88LA132	Cessna 172Q N918ER	Prescott Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	MIA88FA127	Mooney M-20J N4781H	Fernandina Bch Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-15	MKC88LA061	Beech A36 N8136R	Cherokee Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	MKC88LA062	Grumman G-164B N6750Q	West Point Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-15	MKC88LA063	Beech C23 N1986L	Sullivan Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-14	ATL88IA113 incident	Cessna 172B N7609X	Elizabethton Tennessee	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-14	ATL88IA117 incident	Aero Commander 680E N50	New York New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-14	LAX88DVA02	Bell UH-1B N59368	Arvin California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-14	LAX88LA127	Beech C23 N6967R	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-14	MIA88LA126	Piper PA-22-108 N5611Z	Dorado Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-03-14	NYC88LA108	Cessna 182 N759GJ	Batavia New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-13	ATL88LA111	Taylorcraft BC-65 N23899	Maiden North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-13	DEN88LA065	Piper PA-28-140 N32982	Ruidoso New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-13	LAX88LA124	Cessna 180 N2952A	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-13	LAX88LA125	Piper PA28R-201T N694ME	Bullhead City Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-12	ATL88FA110	Piper PA-32R-300 N8727E	Rock Hill South Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-12	DEN88DQA03	Amateur-built SIDEWINDER N185SA	Moriarty New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-12	FTW88LA079	Aerotek PITTS S-2A +1 more N31441	La Porte Texas	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-12	NYC88LA107	Cessna T210M N761BU	Greene New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-12	SEA88LA057	Piper PA-28R-200 N8374C	Elma Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-11	ANC88LA039	Cessna 207 N70364	Ruby Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-11	ATL88FA109	Cessna 150 N1258Q	Sylva North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-11	LAX88LA122	Piper PA-34-200T N1555X	Lower Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-11	LAX88LA126	Bell 47G-2A-1 N73969	Oceanside California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-11	MIA88LA125	Cessna 150M N22CE	Jacksonville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-11	NYC88LA106	Cessna 172 N89219	Old Town Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	ANC88FA037	Beech B35 N5115C	Nome Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-10	ANC88LA038	Piper PA-18 N78AJ	Mcgrath Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	ANC88LA042	Cessna 185F N5045R	Ophir Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	ATL88IA107 incident	Boeing 737-232 N310DA	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	ATL88IA108 incident	Boeing 737 +1 more N13331	Greensboro North Carolina	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-03-10	CHI88DCA01	Bell 206B N13Q	Cahokia Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	CHI88FA075	Beech E18S N900WP	Warren Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-10	CHI88LA076	Piper PA-31-350 N4072D	Dixon Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	LAX88LA123	Helio HT-295 N68871	Oracle Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
1988-03-10	SEA88LA055	Cessna 207A N6380H	Las Vegas Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-10	SEA88LA056	Cessna 172 N98525	Las Vegas Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-09	DEN88LA082	Cessna 152 N47567	Fort Collins Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-09	MIA88LA124	Hughes 269A N8755F	Opa Locka Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-08	ANC88LA036	Cessna 152 N68945	Big Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-08	LAX88DUG02	Amateur-built LONG EZ N917WP	Chino California	minor 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.