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
1987-02-28	LAX87LA131	Cessna 180 N4786B	Oatman Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-28	LAX87LA154	Cessna 190 N4498C	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-28	MIA87LA096	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 N3707F	St.Augustine Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-27	LAX87FA126	Boeing 747-236B GBDXK	Los Angeles California	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-27	LAX87LA127	Champion 7KCAB N7572F	Roosevelt Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-27	LAX87LA129	Cessna 182Q N735PQ	Springerville Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-27	NYC87LA100	Cessna 172 N9821J	Cross Keys New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	CHI87FA087	Rockwell NA265-65 N465LC	East Alton Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	CHI87LA088	Beech C-35 N99QE	Lake Station Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	DEN87IA059 incident	Boeing 737-2A6 N145AW	Durango Colorado	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-26	DEN87LA060	Gates Learjet 35A N888DJ	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	LAX87MA125	Boeing 727-224 +1 more N88704	Los Angeles California	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-26	MIA87LA094	Cessna A185E N2287T	Melbourne Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	MIA87LA095	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N93977	Clearwater Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-26	NYC87FA098	Cessna 402 +1 more N36139	Montgomery New York	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-02-25	LAX87FAMS2	Piper PA-44-180T N8307H	Missing Acft PO	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-25	MIA87LA093	Cessna 152 N89126	Tallahassee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-24	LAX87DVA03	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8808E	Modesto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-24	MIA87LA092	Piper J5A N41141	Brooksville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-23	ANC87LA040	Cessna 170B N4687C	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-23	ATL87LA076	Piper PA-28-180 N7681W	Hampton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-23	FTW87LA069	Bell 47G N6330D	Sand Springs Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-23	LAX87FA121	Beech F33A N59AB	Anza California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-23	LAX87FA142	Cessna P206B N58RS	Green Valley California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-22	FTW87LA068	Bell 206B N1082Z	New Braunfels Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-22	LAX87LA120	Raven S-55A N4261R	Tucson Arizona	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-22	LAX87LA122	Boeing PT-13D +1 more N620BD	Vacaville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-22	MKC87FA051	Piper PA-18 N9498D	Venango Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-22	NYC87FA095	Cessna 152C N757BQ	Port Matilda Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-22	NYC87LA092	Piper PA-22 N3045Z	Tunkhannock Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-22	NYC87LA093	Mooney M20J N222NS	Plainville Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-22	NYC87LA094	Piper PA-28-180 N3967R	Colebrook New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	ANC87LA038	Piper PA-14 N5135H	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	ATL87FA074	Cessna 182P N5824J	Crossville Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-21	ATL87LA075	Piper PA-28-140 N6767W	Hixson Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	BFO87FA024	Cessna R-182 N756KZ	Martinsburg West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	CHI87LA089	Cessna 182F N3513U	Pontiac Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	LAX87FA119	Cessna 441 N6858S	Flagstaff Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-21	LAX87LA124	Piper PA-28-140 N56887	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	MIA87FA091	Beech A36TC N47EE	Orlando Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	NYC87LA096	Cessna 172 N7509G	Poughkeepsie New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-21	SEA87FA060	Cessna 182 N3266Y	North Bend Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-20	ANC87LA037	Cessna A152 N761UC	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	CHI87LA086	Cessna 172RG N4601V	Camp Douglas Wisconsin	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	DEN87FA057	Cessna T210N N9499Y	West Fargo North Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	FTW87WA070	Cessna 175 N7635M	La Union Morale Mexico	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-20	LAX87LA123	Cessna 182G N3683U	Vallecito California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	MIA87LA088	Piper PA-38-112 N25459	New Smyrna Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	MIA87LA089	Hughes 269A N90270	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	MIA87LA090	Cessna 172M N12198	Cedar Key Florida	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.