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
1988-03-08	LAX88LA119	Cessna 172N N8216E	Columbia California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	ATL88LA114	Piper PA-18-150 N8994Y	Orangeburg South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	CHI88IA074 incident	Swearingen SA226T +1 more N600TA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1988-03-07	LAX88LA121	Piper PA-18-150 N91286	Shandon California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	MIA88LA120	Robinson R-22 N90669	Hialeah Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	MIA88LA121	Schleicher K-8B N4663S	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	NYC88DGT01	North American F-51D N51WE	State College Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-07	NYC88LA104	Cessna 152 N48900	Morristown New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-07	SEA88LA075	Piper J-3 N98028	Newberg Oregon	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-06	ATL88FA106	Cessna 150 +1 more N60371	Knoxville Tennessee	2 killed minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-06	CHI88DEP04	Cessna 172L N7089Q	West Bend Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-06	FTW88FA077	Fairchild M-62C N63739	Arlington Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-03-06	MKC88LA060	Piper PA-32-260 N7703J	Mound City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-06	NYC88LA102	Cessna 172 N8428L	Newport Vermont	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-06	NYC88LA103	Cessna 140 N89431	Schroon Lake New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-05	ATL88FA104	Beech A36 N2929R	Bow Kentucky	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-05	ATL88LA103	Piper PA-23-250 N198CD	Cleveland Ohio	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-05	ATL88LA105	Cessna 340A N4329C	Lincolnton North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-05	CHI88DEM02	Amateur-built XTC N3969C	Lowell Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-04	ANC88LA035	Cessna 152 N96082	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-04	ATL88LA100	Cessna 182P N84118	Norwalk Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-04	LAX88LA120	Piper PA-28-236 N2184U	Hesperia California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-04	MIA88LA203	Amateur-built VELOCITY N128JM	Merritt Island Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-04	MKC88FA059	Beech E18S N45A	Vienna Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-03	ANC88LA034	Cessna A185E N1954U	Mcgrath Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-03	ATL88IA102 incident	Government Aircraft Fact (Gaf) NOMAD N22B N422NE	Birmingham Alabama	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-03	CHI88LA072	Cessna P210 N4741K	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-03	FTW88LA076	Piper PA-24-400 N8496P	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-03-03	MIA88FA122	Boeing 747-200 LVOOZ	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-03	MIA88LA123	Hawker Siddeley HS-748 VPLVN	St Thomas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-02	ATL88LA112	Cessna 152 N25265	Statesville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-02	BFO88FA025	Cessna 150E N6202T	Mitchellville Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-02	CHI88LA071	Cessna 150M N66452	Crane Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-02	DEN88DTM01	Cessna 188 N8073V	Riverton Utah	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-02	SEA88FA054	Cessna T210N N5427A	Burns Oregon	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-03-01	ATL88DMG03	Thorp T-18 N1369	Advance North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-01	MIA88IA119 incident	Cessna 210M N823AR	Orlando Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-03-01	NYC88LA099	Cessna 172 N75762	Southbridge Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-03-01	NYC88LA100	Piper PA-28-180 N16255	Maybrook New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-29	CHI88DEX02	Amateur-built JUNIOR ACE N21BL	Cloverdale Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-29	MIA88LA118	Cessna 152 N65532	Columbus Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-29	NYC88LA098	Piper PA-28-160 N83459	West Dover Vermont	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-28	ANC88LA033	Cessna 310Q N7745Q	Mekoryuk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-28	BFO88FID01	Amateur-built CHRISTEN EAGLE II N115MC	Williamsburg Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-28	DEN88LA081	Raven S55A N81DS	Los Lunas New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-28	FTW88FA072	Cessna P206D N8721Z	Eagle Lake Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-28	FTW88IA078 incident	Cessna T210M N761RP	Grosebeck Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-28	MKC88FA058	Cessna 172N N5816E	Oxford Iowa	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-28	NYC88DNA01	Amateur-built QUICKIE N3774X	Middletown Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-02-28	NYC88LA095	Stinson 108-1 N97979	Burlington Vermont	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.