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
1988-12-31	CHI89LA041	Cessna 152II N714XV	Grand Rapids Michigan	no injuries destroyed	Final
1988-12-31	DEN89LA051	Beech B24R N65PW	Ogden Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-31	DEN89LA054	Cessna 172M N80650	Erie Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-31	LAX89FA076	Piper PA-28-180 N5369L	Wrightwood California	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-31	MIA89LA060	Air Command 532E N70319	Clearwater Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-31	NYC89LA058	Piper PA-60 N90393	Somerville New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-12-30	ANC89FA028	Cessna 172 N3752F	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-30	ATL89LA064	Mooney M20F N6969V	Perdido Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-30	CHI89LA042	Piper PA-28-181 N8369Y	Plainfield Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-30	NYC89IA063 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 +1 more N153AA	Atlantic Ocean AO	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-12-29	ANC89LA027	Piper PA-22 N2447P	Girdwood Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-29	ATL89IA063 incident	Lake LA-4-200 N85020	Silver Grove Kentucky	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-12-29	DEN89LA050	Cessna 152 II N46974	Gilcrest Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-29	LAX89LA072	Beech A24R N8018R	Grass Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-29	LAX89LA075	Piper PA-28-161 N28843	Avalon California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-29	MKC89IA048 incident	Gulfstream COMMANDER 690A N690MF	St. Paul Minnesota	no injuries	Preliminary
1988-12-29	NYC89LA061	Navion NA-1 N2518T	Allentown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-28	ANC89LA029	Cessna 207 N9651M	Kivalina Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-28	FTW89LA033	Cessna TU206D N72249	Alamo Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1988-12-28	MIA89LA059	Cessna 177A N30564	West Palm Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-28	MKC89LA047	Piper PA-28 N2213T	Derby Kansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-27	CHI89LA037	Cessna P210R N5457A	Grovertown Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-27	LAX89LA071	Univair GLOBE GC-1B N3388K	Chino California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-12-27	SEA89LA030	Cessna 205 N8403Z	Cottage Grove Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-26	ATL89DKJ01	Amateur-built RV-4 N77SA	Russellville Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-26	CHI89FA036	Beech B23 N6100N	Jeffersonville Indiana	4 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-26	DCA89IA016 incident	Boeing 727-25 N8148N	Morgantown West Virginia	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-12-26	LAX89LA070	Cessna 140 N89891	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-26	NYC89LA055	Cessna 172 N3736S	Wiscasset Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-26	SEA89LA029	Bell 47G3-B1 N8587F	Newberg Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-25	LAX89FA074	Piper PA-28-161 N9276M	Yucca Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-25	MKC89LA044	Maule M-7 N132HL	Harrisonville Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-24	ATL89FA059	Cessna 172 N8193B	Wadsworth Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-24	ATL89FA061	Cessna 210B N210RW	Mt Airy North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-24	CHI89FA035	Cessna 310R N5121J	Madison Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-24	DEN89IA047 incident	Cessna 210L N59217	Roswell New Mexico	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-12-24	DEN89LA048	Cessna TR182 N757MU	Lamar Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-24	LAX89FA069	Cessna T210L N94210	Norco California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-12-24	MIA89LA058	Cessna 175 N9373B	Starke Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-24	MKC89LA046	Beech A23A N2364W	California Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-24	NYC89FA056	Beech A36 N555ST	Harrison New York	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-24	NYC89FA059	Beech A36 N262C	Bridgeport Connecticut	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-24	NYC89LA057	Piper PA-44-180T N91PA	Princeton New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-24	SEA89LA031	Beech 99A N4954W	Spokane Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	ATL89FA058	Cessna 414 N84UM	Bloomville Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-12-23	ATL89LA060	Beech C23 N6046V	Gilbertsville Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	ATL89LA062	Piper PA-18A N1176D	Sandusky Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	DEN89LA049	Piper PA-11 N5570H	Winnett Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	LAX89LA067	Piper PA-28-181 N4297X	Victorville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-12-23	LAX89LA068	Boeing 747SP-21 N146UA	Midway Islands PO	serious injuries	Final

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.