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
1988-01-27	MIA88LA093	Cessna 305A N5290G	Chuluota Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-27	SEA88LA041	Cessna 172M N2320E	St. Anthony Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-26	ATL88LA084	Boeing 767-332 N117DL	Block Island Rhode Island	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-26	CHI88LA053	Cessna T310R N5120J	Urbana Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-26	FTW88DQG03	Beech G35 N313B	Friona Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-26	LAX88LA097	Cessna 150 N7929E	Redbluff California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-26	LAX88LA098	Cessna 150L N1706Q	Diamond Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-26	NYC88IA078 incident	Beech 1900C N818BE	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-25	FTW88LA054	Bellanca 17-30A N8250R	Borger Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-24	BFO88FA014	Cessna T210N N5350A	Sterling Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-24	CHI88DEP03	Piper PA-38-112 N25760	Sheboygan Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-24	CHI88LA051	Cessna 172N N75716	Fond du Lac Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-24	LAX88LA095	Hughes 369D N8366F	Rialto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-24	NYC88FA069	Cessna 182L N3467R	Waynesburg Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-24	SEA88LA040	Piper PA-22-150 N3316Z	Kennewick Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-23	CHI88LA055	Bellanca 17-30 N7377V	Barron Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-23	LAX88FA094	Cessna 172 +1 more N5113A	Temple City California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-01-23	LAX88LA093	Cessna TU206G N4884U	Kirkland Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-23	NYC88LA068	Piper PA-28 N663FL	Mendon Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-01-22	DEN88LA057	Cessna 172N N4897G	Duchesne Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-22	MIA88T#A01	Piper PA-31-350 N660SC	Jacksonville Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-22	SEA88FA039	Beech B23 CFWET	Hamer Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-21	BFO88LA015	Cessna 210 N210PE	Danville Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-21	FTW88IA052 incident	Dassault-Breguet DA-10 N79PB	Dallas Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	ATL88LA083	Amateur-built DHC-6-200 N996SA	Charlotte North Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	ATL88LA101	Rockwell 112A N1432J	Juliette Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	CHI88FA048	Boeing 767-200 N306AA	Chicago Illinois	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-20	DCA88MA017	Fairchild SA-227AC N68TC	Bayfield Colorado	9 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-20	DEN88LA056	Cessna 150M N6372K	Delta Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	FTW88IA055 incident	Swearingen SA227-AC N3107P	College Station Texas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	FTW88LA075	Aerospatiale AS-355-F1 N5800F	Grand Prairie Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	LAX88LA092	Aeronca 11AC N9416E	Lakeport California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	MIA88LA091	Air Tractor AT-301 N36534	Port Saint Joe Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	MKC88FA042	Gulfstream 500B N611CA	Pierceville Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-20	MKC88FA043	Aerospatiale AS-350B N26TM	Omaha Nebraska	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-20	MKC88LA044	Cessna 206 N4978C	Wichita Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-20	NYC88IA067 incident	Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 N349MA	Teterboro New Jersey	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-20	SEA88LA037	Cessna 172P N5328K	Vashon Island Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-19	ATL88FA082	Piper PA-23 N101JR	Augusta Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-19	CHI88IA045 incident	Aerospatiale ATR-42 N421MQ	Waterloo Iowa	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-01-19	MIA88LA090	Douglas DC-9-82 N915TW	Hickman Kentucky	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-19	MKC88DPG01	Amateur-built VARI-EZE N748BC	Little Rock Afb Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-19	MKC88FA041	Piper PA-31T-620 N200RS	Hazelwood Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-01-19	SEA88LA038	Cessna 150M N9894J	Port Angeles Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-18	ATL88FA081	Piper PA-28R-200 N55WP	Barnardsville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-18	CHI88FA046	Piper PA-23-250 N40265	Carbondale Illinois	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-18	CHI88LA044	Beech A36 N4479W	St Paul Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-18	DEN88LA055	Cessna 402 N2614U	Albuquerque New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-18	FTW88LA053	Beech V35B N3804X	Temple Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-01-18	FTW88LA167	Adams A-60 N9811N	Austin Texas	serious injuries	Final

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.