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
1988-02-05	DEN88FA064	Piper PA-28-181 N8417F	Roswell New Mexico	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-05	LAX88DVD02	Cessna A188B N2832J	Lodi California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-05	MIA88LA100	Beech V-35 N7987M	Fernandina Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-05	NYC88LA073	Piper PA-28-161 N2126J	Hammonton New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-05	NYC88LA076	Piper PA-38-112 N2352N	Williamstown New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-05	SEA88LA044	Cessna 172N N2249E	Henderson Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-04	CHI88LA058	Beech A36 N383SP	Pontiac Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-04	DEN88FA062	Piper PA-18-125 N1153A	Brighton Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-04	DEN88FA063	Cessna 421A N517S	Helena Montana	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-04	MIA88IA099 incident	Beech C-99 +1 more N232BH	Orlando Florida	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-02-03	CHI88LA057	Cessna 421A N421Q	Wheeling Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-03	DCA88MZ002 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 N569AA	Nashville Tennessee	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-03	DEN88FA061	Convair 580 N5808	Durango Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-03	LAX88WA105	Cessna 182N N92535	Creeley Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-03	MKC88LA051	Piper PA-34-200T N2824M	Texarkana Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-03	NYC88LA091	Cessna 303 N5461V	Hyannis Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-02	LAX88FA101	Cessna U206F N60566	Lk Havasu City Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-02	LAX88FA103	Cessna 150J N61305	Douglas Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-02-02	MKC88IA046 incident	Saab-Fairchild SF-340A N322PX	Fayetteville Arkansas	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-02-02	NYC88FA072	Cessna 337E N1201M	Friedens Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-02-02	NYC88LA075	Cessna 402C N29PB	Provincetown Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-01	BFO88LA016	Dassault DA-20 N287W	Wheeling West Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-01	DEN88LA060	Cessna 150L N11312	Reynolds North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-01	NYC88LA071	Cessna 402B N4175G	Bangor Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-02-01	SEA88LA043	Beech 58P N3689D	Ketchikan Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-31	ATL88LA086	Cessna 150K N6254G	Barnwell South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-31	CHI88FA056	Cessna 150M N9458U	Norwalk Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-31	DEN88LA073	Cessna 182R N9393H	Pueblo Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-31	LAX88LA104	Bellanca 7ECA N5058K	Sonoma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-31	MIA88FA097	Timm N2T-1 N60789	Pompano Beach Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-31	MIA88LA096	Cessna 150 N9260U	Titusville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-31	MIA88LA098	Grumman AA-5B N28571	Clearwater Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-31	NYC88LA070	Cessna 195 N1077D	Meriden Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-30	ANC88LA027	Piper PA-32-300 N123TA	Cold Bay Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-30	DEN88LA059	Piper PA-18-150 N62491	Peyton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-30	FTW88LA056	Cessna 152 N6614H	Tomball Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-30	MIA88LA095	Sikorsky S-58E N2769P	Sanford Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-29	ATL88DKG03	Davis RV-3 N1387K	Loxley Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-29	LAX88IA102 incident	Fairchild SA227AC N368AE	S. Lake Tahoe California	no injuries	Final
1988-01-29	SEA88LA042	Piper PA-32-300 N4290R	Twin Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-28	ATL88FA085	Bell 204B N8514F	Stockton Alabama	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-28	DEN88LA058	Piper PA-32-260 N1246T	Colorado Spring Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-28	MKC88LA045	Cessna 195 N1071D	Rolla Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-28	MKC88LA047	Cessna 152 N4717A	Ottawa Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-28	NYC88LA074	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N262AA	Decatur Michigan	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-27	CHI88LA054	Mooney M20A N6072X	La Porte Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-27	LAX88DUK01	Amateur-built BD-4 N49RC	Half Moon Bay California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-27	LAX88LA099	Cessna 152 N4914H	El Toro California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-27	LAX88LA100	Cessna 150F N7069F	Lake Havasu Cty Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-27	MIA88FA094	Cessna 411 N235UV	Venice Florida	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.