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
1987-02-20	NYC87LA097	Piper PA-24 N8656P	Marlboro New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-20	SEA87LA059	Bell 206B-III N90327	Dayton Washington	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-19	ATL87LA073	Piper PA-32RT-300 N31590	Nashville Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-19	FTW87LA067	Cessna 152 N49054	Plano Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-19	LAX87DVA05	Hiller OH23D N46991	Coalinga California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-19	LAX87LA118	Cessna 172RG N4590V	San Diego California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-19	MIA87FA086	Piper PA-34-200T N3571X	Oxford Mississippi	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-19	MIA87LA087	Cessna 172 M N20350	San Juan Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-19	SEA87LA058	Cessna 188 N531SF	Genesee Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-18	CHI87FA085	Beech E18S N149R	Quincy Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-18	DEN87IA058 incident	Beech 58 N328WT	Colorado Spring Colorado	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-02-18	MKC87LA052	Beech B-35 N8827M	Butler Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-17	LAX87LA133	Cessna 310G N161A	Sedona Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-17	NYC87LA088	Cessna 180H N9708G	New Paltz New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-17	NYC87LA089	Cessna 152 N757DD	Albion New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-17	NYC87LA090	Cessna 150C N63218	Manville New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-17	NYC87LA091	Cessna 172-M N80583	Endicott New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-16	DEN87LA055	Cessna 172H N1741F	Carrizozo New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-15	ANC87FA036	Champion 7ECA N1883G	Hay Stack Mt. Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-15	LAX87DVG02	Piper PA-25-235 N7162Z	Williams California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-15	LAX87FA117	Cessna 180J N52184	Newhall California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-15	MIA87FA084	Cessna 152 N773WA	Ochopee Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-14	ANC87LA039	Piper PA-34 N6970J	Tyonek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-14	CHI87LA084	Cessna 172 N8896B	Charlevoix Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-14	DEN87IA056 incident	Piper PA-31 N7559L	Denver Colorado	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-14	FTW87RA066	Boeing 707-323B N712PC	Durango Mexico	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-02-14	MIA87LA085	Cessna 172I N8474L	Pelahatchie Mississippi	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-14	MKC87LA050	Grumman G-164A-600 N5495	Hazen Arkansas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-14	NYC87LA086	Cessna 152 N25498	Old Bridge New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-13	ATL87DEG03	Amateur-built FALCO F-8L N894RB	Mc Arthur Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-13	ATL87FA071	Hughes 269A N3782B	Buford Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-13	ATL87LA072	Cessna 182R N5448N	Mobile Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-12	BFO87FA022	Robinson R22 N9073Y	Myersville Maryland	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-12	CHI87FA081	Boeing 747-122 N4718U	Detroit Michigan	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-12	CHI87FA083	Cessna 172N N734MV	Fergus Falls Minnesota	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-12	CHI87LA082	Piper PA-28-235 N9451W	Oshkosh Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-12	MIA87LA083	Cessna 152 N4613P	Melbourne Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-12	SEA87LA056	Cessna 150 N50724	Mountain Home Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-12	SEA87LA057	Cessna 140 N72166	Nyssa Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	BFO87LA021	Cessna 310Q N918MC	Moundsville West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	DEN87LA053	Mooney M20C N3451X	Eureka South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	DEN87LA054	Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 N40458	Colo. Springs Colorado	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-02-11	FTW87DPJ02	Air Tractor AT-302 N8864S	Colony Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	NYC87FA085	Beech 99 N699CA	Oneonta New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	NYC87LA084	Piper PA-18 N7182B	Oxford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-10	BFO87DIG01	Cessna 152C N25846	Gaithersburg Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-10	LAX87LA114	Cessna 152 N25884	El Monte California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-10	LAX87LA115	Piper PA-28R-180 N7498J	Tulare California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-09	DEN87LA052	Cessna 185C N2691Z	Cedar City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-09	LAX87FA112	Hughes 369D N1102U	Honolulu Hawaii	1 killed destroyed	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.