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
1987-10-31	NYC88LA025	Cessna 150 N8362G	Millbrook New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-30	FTW88DRG02	Grumman SCHWEIZER G-164A N45691	Edcouch Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-30	MIA88FA023	Cessna 150E N4081U	Aguadilla Puerto Rico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-30	NYC88LA020	Agusta 109A N109AM	Spring Valley New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-30	NYC88LA027	Piper PA-32R-300 N38334	Windham Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-29	CHI88IA015 incident	Boeing 737-322 +1 more N305UA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-10-29	LAX88FA028	Piper PA-24-250 N5431P	Buttonwillow California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-29	MIA88LA022	Mooney M20F N413HM	Vero Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-28	ANC88LA015	Piper PA-32-301 N43639	Iliamna Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-28	CHI88IA011 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1813U	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-28	FTW88LA019	Beech 95-C55 N2LU	Fort Supply Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-28	FTW88MA021	Convair 640 (340D) N3411	Bartlesville Oklahoma	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-28	LAX88LA027	Piper PA-18-150 N4101E	Casa Grande Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-28	MIA88IA020 incident	Boeing 727-214 +1 more N375PA	St Croix	no injuries	Preliminary
1987-10-28	MIA88LA021	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N41GK	Boca Raton Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-27	ANC88LA014	Piper PA32 N2585M	Larsen Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-27	ATL88LA024	Cessna 337C N11GL	Columbus Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-27	FTW88LA017	Cessna 172 N3931L	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-27	LAX88LA025	Mcdonnell Douglas 369D N47861	Borrego Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-27	NYC88LA019	Beech 19A N5082T	Buena New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1987-10-26	ANC88FA012	Cessna 185 N9946X	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-26	ANC88IA013 incident	Cessna 402B N5718M	Cordova Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-26	DEN88FA016	Beech A-36 N1257E	Mitchell South Dakota	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-26	FTW88DPJ02	Piper PA-25 N9787P	Catoosa Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-26	FTW88LA018	Piper PA-60 N742WP	Ardmore Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-26	LAX88DUJ01	Amateur-built SONERIE II N505BW	Patagonia Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-26	SEA88LA013	Piper PA-28-161 N44856	Snoqualamie Pss Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-26	SEA88LA014	Bell 47G2 N6141	Lebanon Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	ANC88LA016	Stinson 108-2 N9398K	Alexander Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	BFO88LA006	Cessna U-206 +1 more N756KP	Front Royal Virginia	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	CHI88LA016	Schweizer SGS 2-33A N1219S	Union Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	DEN88LA015	Piper PA-24-260C N9375P	Timberon New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	FTW88LA013	Piper PA-12 N4045M	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	FTW88LA014	Piper PA-23-250 N5606Y	Brownsville Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	FTW88LA015	Beech 65 N504AC	Covington Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	FTW88LA016	Piper PA-30 N7969Y	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	LAX88DUQ01	Amateur-built ELKINS 85 N72P	Camarillo California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	LAX88FA023	Bellanca 7KCAB N8645V	Red Bluff California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-25	MIA88LA039	Pitts S-1C N14SH	Clearwater Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	NYC88LA016	Amateur-built AA-5B N333FG	Barre Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	NYC88LA017	Piper J-4 N28205	St. Paul Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-25	NYC88LA018	Enstrom F-28C N51699	Laconia New Hampshire	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	ATL88FA020	Beech B24R N6542R	Louisville Kentucky	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	ATL88LA026	Pitts S2A N44LH	Ramseur North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	DEN88LA018	Cessna 210 N6551X	Greeley Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	FTW88LA012	Cessna 150 N6530G	Mckinney Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	LAX88LA022	Cessna 402B N3798C	Avalon California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	LAX88LA024	Piper PA-18-150 N3181Z	Palo Alto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	MIA88LA018	Bell 47J-2 N73201	Key Colony Bch. Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	MIA88LA019	Cessna 172 N4207F	Titusville Florida	serious 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.