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
1987-01-27	ANC87LA027	Cessna 185D N75LE	North Pole Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-27	CHI87LA068	Cessna 172N N4688D	Madison Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-27	LAX87FA101	Mooney M20E N79366	Dunsmuir California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-26	ATL87LA066	Cessna 337D N10MM	Savannah Georgia	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-26	LAX87LA097	Cessna 152 N65560	Glendora California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-26	LAX87LA098	Grumman AA-1B N1408R	Tracy California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	ATL87LA065	Cessna 150M N7992U	Delaware Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	CHI87IA067 incident	Boeing 727-122 N7015U	Fort Wayne Indiana	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	CHI87LA065	Cessna 152 N4805B	Lansing Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	CHI87LA071	Cessna 152II N6179Q	West Middleton Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	NYC87LA068	Cessna 152 N4837P	Princeton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-25	SEA87LA048	Amateur-built KR-2 N66996	Fallon Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-24	ANC87LA026	Cessna 180J N46362	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-24	ATL87FA064	Cessna 310P N5814M	Memphis Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-24	CHI87DEC01	Cessna 150 N5634E	Troy Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-24	DEN87LA045	Cessna 172B N8224X	Roswell New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-24	FTW87FA047	Cessna 150F N8033F	Rio Vista Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-24	FTW87LA048	Piper PA-38-112 N2592C	Alpine Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-24	MKC87LA046	Cessna 150M N671HA	Kansas City Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-24	NYC87LA065	Beech 95-A55 N9555Y	Babylon New York	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-24	NYC87LA067	Cessna 152 N10VF	Boyertown Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-24	SEA87LA052	Cessna 182R II N9322X	Spokane Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-23	ANC87FA025	Cessna 152 N25063	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-23	CHI87LA064	Piper PA-38-112 N2536A	Decatur Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-23	CHI87LA066	Cessna 152 N48241	Lincoln Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-23	MKC87IA043 incident	Embraer EMB-120 N120AM	Springfield Missouri	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-23	NYC87LA064	Cessna 152 N48918	Simsbury Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-22	ATL87LA063	Piper PA-23-250 N2489R	Wilkesboro North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-22	CHI87DEX05	Cessna 340A N3961G	Bloomington Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-22	MKC87LA042	Cessna 152 N4924H	Coffeyville Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-21	BFO87LA016	Piper PA-22-150 N7720D	Pungo Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-21	DEN87LA044	Beech A36 N6321X	Taos New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-21	FTW87LA046	Cessna 172N N4901G	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-21	NYC87LA062	Cessna 152 N5171B	Orange Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-20	CHI87LA063	Cessna 152 N93078	Evansville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-20	DCA87MA020	Piper PA-31-350 +1 more N60SE	Independence Missouri	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-20	LAX87DJA03	Emroth Emair MA-1B N88896	Naalehu Hawaii	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-20	MIA87LA077	Cessna 152 N757DW	Key West Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-20	MKC87LA041	Beech BE-77 N6636H	Arkadelphia Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-20	NYC87FA061	Piper PA-32-260 +1 more N3293W	Westerly Rhode Island	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-20	NYC87FA063	Mooney M20C N3496X	Highgate Vermont	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-19	ANC87LA024	Cessna 172 N97811	Chena Hot Sprgs Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-19	ATL87IA062 incident	Dornier DO228 N88FB	Cleveland Ohio	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-19	LAX87FA093	Cessna 177RG N123DJ	S Lake Tahoe California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-19	LAX87LA092	Cessna 172M N12551	Oakdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-19	MIA87LA076	Piper J3-C65 N3666K	Pembroke Pines Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-18	CHI87DEP01	Champion 7ECA N9999Y	La Crosse Wisconsin	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-18	DEN87FA043	Amateur-built FALCON C N918AA	Albuquerque New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-18	LAX87LA089	Maule M-4-220C N40349	Paradise California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-18	LAX87LA091	Cessna C-152 N757QE	Bakersfield California	minor injuries 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.