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
1987-01-18	LAX87LA099	Hughes 369D N1107N	Lemon Cove California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-17	BFO87LA015	Rockwell 500S N717AM	Lynchburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-17	LAX87FA088	Piper PA-24-180 N5982P	Oceano California	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-17	LAX87LA090	Cessna 170B N2293D	Yucca Valley California	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-17	MIA87LA075	Piper PA-32-260 N3743W	Ft.Lauderdale Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-17	MKC87LA040	Beech A-36 N7688N	Corning Iowa	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-17	NYC87DHD04	Amateur-built VM-1 N4047A	Jobstown New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-17	NYC87LA060	Piper PA-38-112 N2430G	Randolph New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-16	LAX87FA087	Cessna 208 N9613F	Cima California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-16	LAX87FA096	Morrisey 2150A N5138V	Mt. Baldy California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-16	MIA87FA074	Cessna 150L N10103	Naranjito Puerto Rico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-16	NYC87LA059	Cessna 150 N6717G	Montgomery New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-15	ATL87LA061	Piper PA-28-181 N4353P	Albany Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-15	DCA87MA018	Swearingen SA-226TC +1 more N163SW	Kearns Utah	10 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-15	FTW87FA045	Beech 65-80 N1590S	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-15	SEA87LA047	Cessna 150L N10780	Deer Park Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-14	ANC87FA023	Cessna 207A N9395M	Kenai Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-14	ATL87LA060	Grumman AA-5A N26900	Stockbridge Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-14	LAX87FA085	Beech F33A N1067W	Sacramento California	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-13	ATL87LA059	Cessna 152 N757XP	Columbia South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	BFO87LA014	Cessna 150L N18140	Ellicott City Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	CHI87IA061 incident	Nihon YS-11A-500 N906TC	Remmington Indiana	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	LAX87FA084	Cessna T210M N112DW	Pacoima California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-13	MIA87LA071	Cessna 182 CGOXD	Ft.Lauderdale Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	MIA87LA072	Cessna 150L N10732	Bunnell Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	MIA87LA073	Cessna 310J N1204V	Straights of Fl Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-13	NYC87LA058	Agusta A109AII N300CC	So. Dartmouth Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-12	LAX87LA082	Mooney M20C N6864U	Spring Valley California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-12	LAX87LA083	Cessna 172K N7459	Lanai Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-12	SEA87LA045	Cessna 172 N1815Y	Eatonville Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-11	LAX87FA116	Beech 35 CFHRR	Monrovia California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-11	LAX87LA081	Cessna T182 N6216N	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-11	SEA87LA046	Bellanca 7KCAB N36339	Bremerton Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-10	CHI87LA062	Mooney M20J N5632H	Kalamazoo Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-10	LAX87LA079	Intermountain Mfg. (Imco) CALLAIR A-9 N7232V	Fremont California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-10	LAX87LA080	Cessna 152 N46354	Palo Alto California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-10	LAX87LA086	Swearingen SA227-AC N165SW	Yuma Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-10	MIA87LA070	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601 N181X	Pahokee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-09	ATL87LA058	Cessna 172G N3971L	Tuskegee Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-09	ATL87MA057	Bell 206L-1 N5004Q	Pollockville North Carolina	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-09	LAX87LA078	Champion 7EC N7515E	Oakland California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-09	NYC87LA057	Cessna 170A N5571C	Marston Mills Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-08	MKC87LA038	Cessna 152 N68792	Forrest City Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-08	MKC87LA039	Cessna 120 N72516	Salem Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-08	SEA87FA062	Cessna 150 N704HM	Ellensburg Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-08	SEA87LA044	Amateur-built BEAVER DHC-2 N1018H	Shoal Cove Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-07	DEN87FA042	Aero Commander 690A N57133	Miles City Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-01-07	LAX87FA077	Cessna 182Q N28MB	Essex California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-07	MIA87FA069	Cessna T210F N6184R	Tallahassee Florida	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-01-07	NYC87DHD02	Cessna 170 N2528V	Pittman New Jersey	serious 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.