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
1987-10-24	NYC88LA014	Schweizer SGS-2-33A N5775S	Mansfield Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-24	NYC88LA015	Cessna 152 N310DW	Pepperell Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-23	ATL88LA021	Cessna 172P N4946G	Swainsboro Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-23	ATL88LA022	Cessna 150C N3585J	Wartburg Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-23	BFO88LA018	Piper PA-32-300 N2816M	Churchton Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-23	CHI88FA010	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N554AC	Oshtemo Townshp Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-23	FTW88FA009	Cessna 172RG N9875B	Llano Texas	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-23	FTW88FA011	Cessna 172M N4357R	Midway Texas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-23	FTW88LA020	Cessna 152 N4870P	New Caney Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-23	LAX88FA020	Cessna 208A N828FE	Fairfield California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1987-10-23	SEA88FA012	Piper PA-28-180 N15653	Colville Washington	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-22	DEN88LA013	Beech C45G N781A	Salt Lake City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-22	FTW88LA010	Cessna 150L N17176	Lancaster Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-22	LAX88LA021	Beech 35-A33 N423T	Chino California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-22	MIA88LA016	Piper PA-32-260 CFZJY	Ft. Myers Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-22	MIA88LA017	Maule M-5-180C N56583	Madison Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-21	ANC88LA010	Cessna A185 N61376	Karluk Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-21	ATL88LA023	Cessna 152 N94126	Conway South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-21	DEN88FA014	Cessna 340A N4132G	Bailey Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-21	DEN88LA012	Beech C35 N2028D	Ekalaka Montana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-21	MIA88FA012	Cessna 210M N8193M	Jacksonville Florida	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-21	MKC88LA014	National Balloon 752 N72711	Ankeny Iowa	serious injuries	Preliminary
1987-10-21	NYC88LA013	Piper PA-31-310 N9249Y	Beverly Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-21	SEA88FA011	Cessna 180K N2754K	Walton Oregon	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-20	CHI88FA008	Cessna 310 N57DS	Brownton Minnesota	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-20	FTW88LA008	Bell 47G-2 N8403E	Lapra Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-20	MKC88LA010	Cessna 182 N2472Q	Atwood Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-19	CHI88LA006	Cessna 150J N60481	Springfield Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-19	FTW88DQG02	Air Tractor AT-301 N73127	Lockney Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-19	LAX88LA018	Cessna 150L N11176	Carpenteria California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-19	LAX88LA019	Cessna 195A N4372N	Modesto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	ANC88FA011	Piper PA-18 N4193Z	Homer Alaska	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	ATL88LA017	Piper J-3 N98806	Clarks Hill South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	ATL88LA018	Burkhart Grob G-102 N792G	Whitwell Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	BFO88LA004	Beech 23 N2387Q	Front Royal Virginia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	DEN88LA011	Cessna R172K N736KT	Aspen Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-18	LAX88LA035	Piper PA-22-160 N8779D	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	MKC88LA009	Amateur-built AA5B N499GT	Branson Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	NYC88LA009	Cessna 140 N2841N	New Milford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	NYC88LA010	Stinson 108-3 N990C	Henryville Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-18	NYC88LA011	Cessna 402B N6344X	Nantucket Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-18	SEA88LA010	Cessna 150-M N7695U	Myrtle Creek Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	ANC88LA008	Cessna 207A N1472M	Sheldon Point Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	ATL88LA013	Piper PA-38-112 N91461	Hampton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	ATL88LA014	Cessna 152 N757AD	Murfreesboro North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	ATL88LA015	Piper PA-28R-200 N1547X	Homer Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	ATL88LA016	Cessna 172N N737WU	Brookville Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-17	LAX88DXQ01	Amateur-built LONG-EZ N38EZ	Newell California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-17	LAX88FA016	Piper PA-28RT-201 N43551	Buena Park California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-10-17	MIA88FA008	Extra Flugzeugbau 230 N230WF	Arcadia Florida	1 killed 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.