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
1987-11-06	ATL88LA031	Cessna 401A N6250Q	Mobile Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-06	ATL88LA033	Cessna 172K N7140G	Cumming Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-06	CHI88LA018	Cessna 172P N52263	Danville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-06	FTW88DRG03	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N5303H	New Braunfels Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-06	MIA88IA028 incident	Beech 99 N6724D	Gulfport Mississippi	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-11-06	NYC88LA035	Cessna U206F N8384Q	New Bedford Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	ATL88LA028	Globe GC-1B N78169	Beaufort South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	CHI88LA017	Cessna T210N N5360U	Sugar Grove Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	MIA88LA036	Raven S-66A N4094G	Naples Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	MKC88LA015	Piper PA-28-161 N8303Y	Bonne Terre Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	NYC88LA031	Cessna 172 N9538L	Stamford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-05	SEA88MA015	Cessna 310N N4178Q	Bellingham Washington	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-04	DEN88FA021	Piper PA-28-181 N8266U	Durango Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-04	DEN88LA019	Cessna 152 N49209	Greeley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-04	FTW88FA023	Piper PA-32-260 N3666W	Fulton Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-04	LAX88LA026	Cessna 182H N8411S	Willcox Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-04	MIA88LA026	Learjet 35A N888DJ	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-04	MIA88LA027	Learjet 35A N900JE	Clearwater Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-04	NYC88DNE01	Amateur-built COMMANDER ELITE N501JL	Meriden Connecticut	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1987-11-04	NYC88LA030	Cessna 172 N53461	Norfolk Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-03	DEN88LA020	Piper PA-18-105 N5483H	Monte Vista Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-03	LAX88FA032	Robinson R22A N8475A	Moraga California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1987-11-03	MIA88FA025	Taylorcraft DC-65 N53736	Davie Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-02	CHI88LA013	Grumman AA-5B N28483	Leavenworth Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-02	MKC88LA013	Cessna 172 N46094	Sweet Springs Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-01	ATL88FA025	Mooney M-18C-55 N4157	Camden Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-01	ATL88LA027	Aero Commander 100 N3798X	Moultrie Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-01	LAX88DUM01	Amateur-built MONNETT MONI N190PJ	Ramona California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-01	MIA88IA055 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 +1 more N806NY	Newark New Jersey	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88DHA01	Amateur-built SKYBOLT N341SB	Mansfield New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88FA032	Beech F-33A N333JL	Forked River New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88LA024	Piper PA-28-161 N4302T	Erwinna Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88LA026	Piper PA-22-108 N5502Z	Argyle New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88LA028	Cessna 152 N757PY	Chatham Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-01	NYC88LA029	Cessna 172 N6439D	Marlboro Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	CHI88FA012	Bellanca 8KCAB N41682	Lawrenceville Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-31	CHI88LA009	Cessna R182RG II N739JG	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	CHI88LA014	Enstrom F-28A N9583	Lapeer Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	DEN88DTE01	Amateur-built Q-200 N275CH	Watkins Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	DEN88LA017	Piper J5A N32887	Devils Lake North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	FTW88LA022	Cessna 150 N3449J	San Angelo Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	LAX88FA065	Britten-Norman BN2A-26 N25MR	Desert Center California	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-31	LAX88LA029	Cessna 182A N3804D	Laveen Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	LAX88LA030	Piper PA-22-150 N4771A	San Jose California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-31	LAX88WA031	Cessna 421C N8410G	Wollongong American Samoa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	MIA88FA024	Beech C-55 N640B	Brookhaven Mississippi	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-31	MIA88LA034	Piper PA-28R-201T N2746Q	Sarasota Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	MKC88FA012	Amateur-built PITTS S-1S N76EM	Vinton Iowa	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-31	NYC88LA021	Taylorcraft F21B N4419C	Montgomery New York	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-31	NYC88LA022	Schweizer 2-33 N2669H	Blairstown 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.