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
1988-02-28	NYC88LA096	Piper PA-24-250 N5435P	Plymouth Massachusetts	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-27	FTW88DRA04	Amateur-built DRIFTER XP503 N247JB	Alvin Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	FTW88FA074	Cessna 150J +1 more N5522G	Henderson Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	FTW88LA073	Brantly Helicopter B-2B N2233U	Decatur Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	LAX88DVA01	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8801Y	Modesto California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-27	LAX88FA117	Piper PA-28R-180 N7660J	Soledad California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-02-27	LAX88FA118	Grumman AA-5B N74236	Frazier Park California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-27	MIA88LA117	Cessna 150M +1 more N66661	Lantana Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	MKC88LA057	Morane-Saulnier F1-156C N44FS	Pine Bluff Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	NYC88LA097	Beech 1900 N7243R	Albany New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-27	SEA88LA053	Champion 7ECA N5135T	Othello Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-26	ATL88DKG04	Amateur-built EVANS VF-1 N18JW	Fort Payne Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-26	CHI88DER02	Bellanca 7GCBC N53808	Warroad Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-26	CHI88LA070	Cessna 172A N9751T	Crivitz Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-26	FTW88DRG07	Grumman G-164A N4647	Alamo Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-26	MIA88LA116	Piper PA-32-260 N419PH	Saba Island NT	no injuries destroyed	Final
1988-02-26	MKC88LA056	Cessna 150 N8850G	Manhattan Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-26	NYC88LA094	Cessna 172 N738MX	North Hanover New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-25	CHI88LA069	Piper PA-38-112 N2359K	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-25	LAX88DUM03	Beech A36 N23536	Ramona California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-25	LAX88LA116	Beech F35 N5041B	Pacoima California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-25	MIA88LA113	Piper PA-30 N7377Y	Jupiter Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-25	MKC88LA055	Amateur-built QUICKEE 2 N587TC	Springfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-25	SEA88LA052	Piper PA-22-135 N8919C	Yakima Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	ATL88LA099	Beech 18S N1480K	Morganton North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	BFO88LA020	Maule MX7-180 N5662H	Lewisburg West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	CHI88DEM01	North American T-28A N14142	Schoolcraft Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	CHI88LA068	Cessna T210N N4917K	Kankakee Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	CHI88LA086	Mooney M-20C N6228U	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	FTW88DPJ03	Cessna 172M N20129	Norman Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-24	LAX88LA115	Cessna 180A N26AW	Prescott Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-24	MIA88FA114	Cessna 172N N5211E	Kissimmee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-23	ANC88LA032	Piper PA-32-300 N8429N	Kipnuk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-23	CHI88FA067	Amateur-built AA-5A N9958U	Martinsville Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-23	DEN88DQA02	Amateur-built PITTS S-1S N79SS	Los Lunas New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-23	FTW88LA070	Piper PA-22-108 N5542Z	Fabens Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-23	FTW88LA071	Piper PA-38-112 N24447	San Benito Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-23	NYC88LA092	Cessna 182 N3374F	Westfield Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-22	ATL88LA097	Cessna 172 N6285E	Jackson Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-22	DEN88LA075	Cessna 206G N756EY	Loveland Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-22	LAX88LA111	Cessna R182 N3178C	San Andreas California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-22	NYC88LA089	Cessna 172 N1061F	Rochester New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	ATL88IA096 incident	Piper PA-23-250 N5740Y	Elyria Ohio	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	ATL88LA098	Beech 77 N623CH	Concord Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	BFO88FA024	Cessna 177RG N2109Q	Ellamore West Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-21	BFO88LA023	Piper PA-28-180 N32019	Annapolis Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	CHI88LA066	Cessna 150L N18225	Springfield Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	DEN88LA076	Mooney M20E N6693R	Miles City Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	DEN88LA077	Aeronca 7AC N2359E	Gila New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	DEN88LA079	Piper PA-28RT-201T N2904C	Aurora Colorado	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.