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
1988-02-21	FTW88DRG06	Amateur-built CONDOR III +2 N5539Z	Canyon Lake Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	FTW88LA068	Piper PA-22-150 N3524P	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-21	LAX88FA113	Piper PA-28-161 N8321K	Rosamond California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-21	MKC88FA054	Bell 47D1 N7735	Nixa Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	ATL88LA095	Cessna 182RG N1703R	Jacksonville Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-20	DCA88MA032	Fairchild SA227-AC N622AV	Cary North Carolina	12 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	DEN88LA080	Cessna TU-206 N9848M	Durango Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-20	FTW88FA069	Taylorcraft BC12-D N29779	Big Spring Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	LAX88FA114	Beech A23 N1461L	Big Bear City California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	MIA88IA112 incident	Cessna 182 N6418A	Stuart Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-20	MIA88LA111	Cessna A188B N4489Q	Macon Mississippi	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	NYC88FA087	Piper PA-31-325 N27400	Hamilton Twp. New Jersey	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	NYC88FA093	Piper PA-34-200T N2469M	Stratford Connecticut	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-20	NYC88LA088	Mooney M20 N5782E	Morristown New Jersey	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-19	CHI88IA073 incident	Boeing 747-227B +1 more N635US	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1988-02-19	FTW88FA063	Beech S35 N5701K	Lake Charles Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-19	FTW88FA066	Aero Commander 680 N634SA	El Paso Texas	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-19	FTW88LA067	Piper PA-38-112 N9331T	Washington Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-19	LAX88LA112	Cessna 172N N5135K	Temecula California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-19	MIA88LA109	Piper PA-28-161 N43253	Stuart Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-19	SEA88IA051 incident	Piper PA-31T N2645Z	Las Vegas Nevada	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	ATL88LA094	Piper PA-22-150 N4305A	Galion Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	CHI88DEE02	Amateur-built BUSHBY MUSTANG II N84HM	Yorkville Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-18	DEN88LA074	Cessna 152 N67515	Hurricane Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	LAX88DUJ03	Beech F33A N6785Y	Goodyear Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	MIA88WA110	Cessna 401B N100PB	Bimini Burkina Faso	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	NYC88LA086	Cessna 152 N6341H	Concord New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	NYC88LA090	Stinson 108 N6939M	Oswego New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-18	SEA88FA050	Bell 206A N7981J	Roseburg Oregon	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-17	ATL88LA091	Piper PA-38-112 N9265T	Gainesville Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-17	ATL88LA093	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C N3631H	Spartanburg South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-17	BFO88FA022	Cessna 150M N9399U	So. Charleston West Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-17	BFO88LA021	Cessna 140 N2300N	Orange Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-17	DEN88IA072 incident	Amateur-built DH-7 +1 more N9058P	Denver Colorado	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-02-17	FTW88DRA03	Hiller UH-12-D N48265	Bon-Wier Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-02-17	FTW88DRG05	Air Tractor 301 N3164Y	Circleville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-17	MIA88FA107	Beech 58P N444MB	Dunedin Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-17	MIA88LA108	Cessna 152 N93137	La Belle Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-16	CHI88LA064	Bell 206B N21197	Martinsville Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-16	MKC88LA053	Beech 23 N18868	Grain Valley Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-16	NYC88LA082	Gulfstream AA-5B N26834	Bridgeport Connecticut	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-16	NYC88LA083	Hughes 369D N5093Y	Waterfall Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-15	ANC88LA031	Cessna 170 N2601D	Healy Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-15	ATL88LA090	Mooney M20F N7448V	Birmingham Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-15	BFO88LA019	Beech C-23 N6634R	Roanoke Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	ATL88LA092	Cessna 172P N633BC	Wakeman Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	CHI88LA062	Cessna 172 N5499K	Ft. Wayne Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	DEN88LA070	Piper J3C-65 N55PA	Circle Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	DEN88LA078	Piper PA-28-161 N9419C	Aurora Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	FTW88LA062	Cessna 170B N3180B	Crowley Texas	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.