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
1987-02-02	CHI87DEE04	Cessna 172 N2968U	Plainfield Illinois	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-02-02	CHI87LA073	Cessna 182M N71383	East Troy Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-02	DEN87FA050	Cessna TR-182 N6089T	Moran Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-02	FTW87LA051	Piper PA-28-161 N47849	Marfa Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-02	LAX87DJA04	Glaser-Dirks DG-400 N104MN	Dillingham Hawaii	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-02	LAX87DVD01	Bell 47G4A N28938	Stockton California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-02	LAX87LA106	Cessna 170B N3441C	Plaster City California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-02	MKC87LA045	Piper PA-34-200 N22470	Flippin Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-02	NYC87LA074	Cessna 152C N757TZ	Washington Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	ANC87LA029	Cessna 172 N79416	Beluga Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	ATL87DLQ01	Air Command CDR ELITE 532 N2562	Paducah Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-01	ATL87LA069	Cessna 152 N64823	Fuquay Varina North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	BFO87LA023	Cessna 152 N6558L	Woodbridge Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	DEN87FA048	Cessna 340A N6320X	Two Buttes Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-01	FTW87LA052	Cessna 172P N98816	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	FTW87LA065	Burkhart Grob 103A N228BG	Midlothian Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	LAX87FA103	Piper PA-28-181 N75178	Gualala California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-01	LAX87LA107	Luscombe 8A N1130B	Riverside California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	MIA87FA080	Piper PA-28-161 N3655M	Venice Florida	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-01	MKC87FA044	Cessna 150D N4372U	Central City Nebraska	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-02-01	NYC87LA071	Bellanca 8GCBC N7653S	Rockaway New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	NYC87LA072	Cessna 172 N80116	Lawrence Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	NYC87LA073	Piper PA-28-235 N8820W	Shelburne Vermont	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-01	NYC87LA075	Cessna 172K N79881	Butler Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	ANC87FA030	Cessna C-180-H N7990V	Delta Junction Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	ANC87FA033	Champion 7EC N7539B	Kenai Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	ATL87IA067 incident	Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR N429BG	Williamson Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	ATL87LA068	Cessna 150M N704FT	Pinson Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	CHI87DER02	Cessna 150M N714QW	Lakeville Minnesota	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	CHI87LA072	Enstrom F-28A N9257	Martinsville Indiana	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-31	DEN87LA049	Piper PA-28-181 N6913L	Taos New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	FTW87LA055	Cessna 175 N175RF	Jacksonville Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	LAX87FA102	Cessna 172P N62127	Cuyama California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-31	LAX87LA104	Schweizer SGS 2-33 N5727S	Marana Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	LAX87LA105	Sikorsky S-58B N5594C	Los Angeles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-31	MIA87IA081 incident	Enstrom F28C N8627H	Boca Raton Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-30	CHI87FA069	Cessna 210N N4968C	Bedford Park Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-29	BFO87LA017	Cessna T210N N244MB	West Point Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-29	FTW87LA050	Piper PA-22-108 N4862Z	Terrel Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-29	NYC87LA066	Cessna 152 N49769	Taunton Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-29	SEA87FA051	Cessna 150J N50922	Vancouver Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-29	SEA87LA050	Beech B23 N6076N	Alderwood Manor Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-28	ANC87FA028	Cessna 207 N7393U	Anchorage Alaska	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-28	DEN87FA061	Cessna T210L N1721X	Nucla Colorado	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-28	DEN87LA047	Cessna 182L N3439R	La Junta Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-28	FTW87LA049	Piper PA-31 N76ND	Medford Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-28	LAX87LA100	Cessna 152 N95529	Mesa Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-28	MIA87IA078 incident	British Aircraft Corp. (Bac) BAC 1-11 201 N101EX	Orlando Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-28	NYC87LA069	Hughes 269D N3624J	Antrim New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-28	SEA87LA049	Cessna 402B N69310	Las Vegas Nevada	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.