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
1988-01-18	FTW88MA048	Hawker Siddeley 125-600A XAKUT	Houston Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-18	LAX88LA091	Aerospatiale SA-341G N61DR	Bowie Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-18	LAX88LA096	Cessna 402C N6842Q	Prescott Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-18	MIA88LA089	Piper PA-32-260 N4818S	San Juan Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-17	ANC88LA026	Cessna 172 N9974V	Iliamna Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-17	DEN88FA054	Amateur-built AA-5A N9937U	Elbert Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-17	LAX88FA088	Cessna 182L N42450	Newhall California	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-01-17	LAX88LA089	Robinson R22 N90165	Sun City Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-17	LAX88LA090	Aero Commander 200D N2977T	Chico California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-17	MIA88FA088	Christen Industries A-1 N29076	Pompano Beach Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-17	MKC88FA040	Piper PA-28-140 N1727J	Creve Coeur Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-17	NYC88LA066	Cessna 210 N94064	Stowe Vermont	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-17	SEA88LA035	Cessna 172 N2811Q	Everett Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	ANC88LA025	Piper PA-28 N9103W	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	ATL88LA080	Piper PA-44-180 N268NA	Florence South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	CHI88LA047	Cessna 172P N62877	Jenison Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	CHI88LA049	Cessna 172L N7895G	Buffalo Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	FTW88LA049	Piper PA-28-235 N8737W	Littlefield Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-16	LAX88FA087	Cessna T210N N7573N	Lost Hills California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-16	MIA88LA087	Cessna 182Q N5244N	Tampa Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-15	ATL88LA079	Cessna 150J N60362	Fayetteville North Carolina	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-15	CHI88LA050	Cessna 172 N8122U	Red Lake Falls Minnesota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-15	MKC88FA039	Cessna 177RG N8052G	Camden Arkansas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-14	ATL88FA078	Cessna 150H N12NF	Cedartown Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-14	CHI88LA052	Piper PA-28-181 N713LS	Mankato Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-14	DEN88LA053	Piper PA-18-150 N1879P	Casper Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-14	FTW88FA051	Cessna 310 N3022D	Conroe Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-14	LAX88LA086	Cessna 195 CGADA	Sonoma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-14	MIA88WA085	Boeing 707-330C N707HE	Bogota Colombia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-14	NYC88LA065	Bell 206 N3NJ	Holmdel New Jersey	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-01-13	ANC88LA024	Cessna 150D N4379U	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-13	LAX88FA085	Bell 47G-2A1 XBDGH	San Diego California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-01-13	LAX88LA084	Cessna T210L N2516S	Blythe California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-12	ATL88LA075	Cessna 150 N50738	Carolina Beach North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-12	ATL88LA077	Cessna 152 N757AS	Greensboro North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-12	DEN88FA050	Cessna T303 N9565T	Kiowa Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-12	DEN88LA049	Bellanca 8GCBC N5063J	Clovis New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-12	SEA88LA080	Cessna 180 N180W	Hailey Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-11	FTW88DRA02	Cessna 180 N2517K	Beaumont Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	ATL88LA076	Cessna 182G N2006R	Lancaster Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	CHI88FA041	Fairchild SA226T N800AW	Pontiac Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-01-10	CHI88LA042	Cessna 172K N46701	Converse Indiana	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-01-10	DEN88LA047	Cessna 182G N3406S	Aurora Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	DEN88LA052	Cessna 305A N5245G	Littleton Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	FTW88LA050	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 N142AA	Dfw Airport Texas	serious injuries	Final
1988-01-10	MKC88LA038	Cessna 177 N35284	St. Charles Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	NYC88LA054	Grumman AA-5A N26869	Honesdale Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	NYC88LA080	Piper PA-28R-200 N9317N	Old Bridge New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-10	SEA88LA036	Piper PA-28-140 N7221F	Juneau Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-01-09	ANC88DAG02	Cessna 172 N8439X	Willow Alaska	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.