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
1988-02-14	FTW88LA065	Piper PA-38-112 N9319T	Maud Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-14	MIA88LA106	Waco UPF-7 N29368	St Petersburg Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-14	SEA88LA046	Cessna 305A (L-19) N5173G	Jean Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-14	SEA88LA047	Cessna 175 N6642E	Stevens Pass Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-13	ANC88LA029	Cessna 180 N674M	70 NW Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-13	CHI88LA063	Cessna 152 N49540	Lansing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-13	DEN88GA068	Cessna T-337H N602SP	Galisteo New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-13	LAX88LA109	Cessna 185E CFCTO	Redding California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-13	LAX88LA110	Cessna 152 N757NM	Seneca Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-13	SEA88LA048	Cessna 172P N52794	Friday Harbor Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-13	SEA88LA049	Piper AEROSTAR 602P N68915	Lovelock Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	ANC88LA030	Cessna 207 N9950M	Brevig Mission Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	DEN88LA069	Cessna 172N N4914D	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	FTW88FA064	Piper PA-32-260 N4882S	Laplace Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	FTW88LA061	Cessna 152 N669ST	Tulsa Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	LAX88FA108	Robinson R-22B N2445Q	Westlake Vlg California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-02-12	MIA88FA105	Cessna 425 N6771Y	Sanford Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-12	NYC88LA081	Piper PA-24-260 N9281P	Chatham Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-12	NYC88LA085	Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 N339MA	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-11	CHI88IA061 incident	Douglas DC-10 N123AA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Final
1988-02-11	CHI88LA065	Cessna 172F N8863U	Brighton Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-11	MKC88LA052	Cessna 172 N12600	Kimball Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-11	NYC88LA079	Cessna 172P N52535	East Hampton New York	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-10	DEN88LA066	Piper J3C N7468	Cody Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-10	DEN88LA067	Cessna 180 N7661A	Roundup Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-10	FTW88FA057	Cessna 120 N2431N	Ada Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-10	FTW88FA060	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2186K	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-10	FTW88LA058	Cessna 152 N68806	San Antonio Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-10	LAX88LA107	Piper PA-38-112 N25732	Van Nuys California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-10	MKC88LA049	Piper PA-34-200T N2230D	Burlington Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	ATL88FA088	Cessna 150H N618DP	Youngstown Ohio	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	ATL88MA089	British Aerospace 3101 N823JS	Springfield Ohio	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-09	CHI88LA059	Piper PA-28R-180 N3790T	Wis. Rapids Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	LAX88DVM01	Beech M35 N2036C	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	MIA88LA102	Amateur-built QUICKIE-2 N3241K	Orlando Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	MKC88LA048	Cessna T-188C N4509J	Goodland Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	MKC88LA050	Cessna 182RG N756FF	Texarkana Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-09	NYC88DHA02	Amateur-built LONG-EZ N814EZ	Perkasie Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-08	ANC88LA028	Cessna 172 N2423U	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-08	MIA88WA101	Piper PA-23-250 N5173Y	Rock Sound Burkina Faso	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-08	SEA88LA045	Cessna 152 N48890	Palamino Valley Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-07	ATL88LA087	Mooney M20E N2633W	Liberty North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-07	CHI88DET02	Beech A35 N8568A	Wheeler Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-07	DEN88FA071	Cessna 172M N20484	Red Lodge Montana	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-07	LAX88LA106	Cessna TR182 N5533S	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-07	MIA88LA104	Beech 65-88 N884G	Unknown	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-06	BFO88LA017	Cessna 177 N313AC	Petersburg Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-06	CHI88LA060	Cessna 152 N5450Q	Columbia Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-02-06	FTW88LA059	Cessna 182P N52536	Weatherford Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-06	NYC88LA077	Cessna 150 N3210J	Westerly Rhode Island	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.