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
1988-10-21	MIA89LA014	Cessna 182A N4930D	La Belle Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	MKC89FA007	Cessna T210F N6191R	Rogers Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-21	MKC89LA008	Davis TRI-Q-200 N800Q	Carthage Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	MKC89LA009	Cessna 140 N4190N	Lawrence Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	MKC89LA010	Piper PA-32-300 N8641N	Andover Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-21	NYC89LA016	Piper PA-32-300 N56813	Easton Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-20	DEN89FA020	Piper PA-60-601P N6069U	Laketown Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-20	NYC89FA015	Beech A24R N1RJ	Blue Bell Pennsylvania	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-19	ATL89LA014	Rockwell 114 N4753W	Palma Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-19	CHI89LA013	Piper PA-31-350 N300HF	Big Rapids Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-19	CHI89LA019	Cessna 182 N5711B	Pekin Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-19	DEN89DTM01	Amateur-built MARK V N555KM	Ogden Utah	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-19	DEN89FA019	Bell 206L-3 N99TV	Deckers Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-19	DEN89LA026	Cessna 210D N3811Y	Malta Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-19	LAX89FA018	Cessna 172P N52222	Union City California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-19	LAX89FA021	Cessna TR-182 N739YS	Paso Robles California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-19	LAX89LA020	Piper PA-28-161 N6184H	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-18	ATL89FA015	Cessna 177A N30470	La Follette Tennessee	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-18	DEN89FA017	Piper PA-28-140 N3913K	Garfield Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-18	LAX89DUM02	Piper PA-36-285 N57591	Brawley California	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-18	LAX89LA017	Cessna 150F N8194F	Goodyear Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-18	SEA89LA013	Cessna 210E N4961U	Wenatchee Washington	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-17	CHI89DEC01	Amateur-built BARRACUDA N48DS	Ypsilanti Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-17	DEN89LA016	Cessna 172P N53949	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-17	DEN89LA018	Cessna U206 N184V	Brush Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-17	FTW89DPA02	Pilatus B4PC11 N8349	Bridgeport Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-17	MIA89IA012 incident	Boeing 727-200 N706AA	St. Thomas	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-10-17	NYC89LA014	Let L13 CFYSR	Warren Vermont	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-16	ANC89LA010	Piper PA-22 N1208C	Soldotna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-16	BFO89LA002	Pitts S-1S N66RJ	Ridgeway Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-16	CHI89FA009	Mooney M20J N58155	Ludington Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-16	CHI89LA010	Piper PA-28-151 N4545F	Fairview Hts. Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-10-16	DEN89DTE01	Amateur-built RH-3 N69272	Erie Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-16	FTW89FA007	Piper PA-31-350 N91BB	Edinburg Texas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-16	LAX89DVM01	Continental Copters OH13H N9092T	Castroville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-16	LAX89FA014	Piper PA-32-300 N4113R	Sedona Arizona	5 killed destroyed	Final
1988-10-16	LAX89LA015	Howard Aircraft Corp. GFA-15P N68119	Vacaville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-16	LAX89LA016	Piper PA-38-112 N25619	Van Nuys California	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-16	MKC89LA006	Piper PA-18 N288T	Marion Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-16	NYC89FA013	Bell 206L-1 N555GC	Wallingford Connecticut	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-16	NYC89LA012	Cessna P210 N400JL	Collegeville Pennsylvania	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-15	ATL89DLT02	Schweizer SGU-2-22E N9847E	Benton Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-15	DEN89LA014	Beech 58 N31135	Garfield Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	FTW89LA005	Cessna 150 N7054F	Friendswood Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	LAX89DUM01	Arlington SISU 1A N252JB	Borrego Springs California	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	LAX89DUQ01	Amateur-built MONI N8123	Lancaster California	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-10-15	LAX89LA019	Taylorcraft BC12-D N44022	Tehachapi California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	MIA89LA010	Raven S-60A N65523	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	MIA89LA011	Beech 35 N4553V	Tampa Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-10-15	MKC89LA005	Piper PA-28-151 N5378F	Cedar Rapids Iowa	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.