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
1988-10-29	BFO89LA006	Cessna 172P N63019	Cambridge Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-29	CHI89LA020	Cessna 172B N7418X	Columbus Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-29	DEN89FA024	Canadair CL-600-1A11 N909MG	Aspen Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-29	LAX89LA027	Let L-13 N90848	Marana California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-29	MIA89LA019	Piper PA-23-250 N5237Y	San Juan Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-29	MIA89LA020	Amateur-built B-8M N10WP	Lake City Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-29	MIA89LA021	Cessna 182J N2911F	Okeechobee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-28	LAX89LA026	Beech 23 N2340Z	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-28	MIA89LA017	Cessna 172N N21ER	Houston Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-28	MIA89LA018	Schweizer 269C N75068	Arcadia Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-27	DEN89LA021	Cessna 175 N7403M	Fort Peck Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-27	FTW89LA010	Hughes 269C N7463F	Dickens Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-27	LAX89FA025	Piper PA31P-350 N79HW	Redlands California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-26	ANC89LA014	Cessna TU206A N4850F	Soldotna Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-26	ATL89LA018	Cessna 152 N4713B	Reidsville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-26	FTW89LA009	Cessna 152 N4715B	Muskogee Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-26	MKC89LA016	Hiller UH-12C N57FD	Davenport Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-26	NYC89LA019	Beech 60 N8PX	Norwood Massachusetts	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-25	MIA89LA036	Piper J3C N26820	Homestead Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-25	MKC89FA014	Taylorcraft BC-12D N39231	Lenexa Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-24	ATL89LA017	Piper PA-22-108 N5361Z	Advance North Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-24	CHI89IA018 incident	Boeing B-727-200A N277US	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-10-24	CHI89LA017	Aeronca 15AC N1162H	Mora Minnesota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-24	DEN89LA023	Cessna 152 N757XV	Billings Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-24	MIA89IA016 incident	Airbus Industrie A-300-600R N70054	San Juan Puerto Rico	minor injuries	Preliminary
1988-10-24	MKC89IA012 incident	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A N347AM	Springfield Missouri	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-10-24	MKC89LA013	Cessna 150 N60977	Liberty Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	ANC89LA012	Piper PA-18 N7688L	Huslia Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	ANC89LA013	Piper PA-32-301 N8402S	Ivanof Bay Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	CHI89LA016	Beech F35 N104TG	Milwaukee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	FTW89LA008	Cessna 172 N7185Q	San Antonio Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-23	LAX89DUJ01	Cessna A188A N5640J	Casa Grande Arizona	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-23	LAX89DUJ02	Piper PA-25-235 N7229Z	Glendale Arizona	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	LAX89LA024	Bellanca 8GCBC N5504S	Phoenix Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	MKC89FA011	Piper J3C-65 N42676	Harrisonville Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-23	NYC89LA017	Cessna A185F N185SH	Trumbauersville Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-23	SEA89LA014	Cessna 150G N3691J	Post Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-22	ANC89LA011	Cessna 180 N820AK	Seldovia Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-22	ATL89LA016	Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-B N321SB	Whitwell Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-22	CHI89LA015	Cessna 175A N7063E	Wyoming Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-22	DEN89LA022	Cessna 172 N9062H	Peyton Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-22	FTW89FA006	Mooney M20E N79373	Longview Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-22	LAX89FA022	Cessna 172N N9372E	Petaluma California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-22	LAX89FA023	Piper PA-28-140 N140RM	Big Pine California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-22	MKC89LA015	Cessna 172 N50932	Blue Springs Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	BFO89FA003	Piper PA-28RT-201 N8291Z	Frederick Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-21	CHI89LA014	Piper PA-24-250 N7733P	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	LAX89DVA02	Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M-18 N4206A	Mendota California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	MIA89FA015	Lake LA-4-250 N250MW	Key West Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	MIA89LA013	Piper PA-23-250 N6877Y	Tupelo Mississippi	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.