Aviation accidents in 1987
The NTSB database holds 2,774 accidents and incidents in 1987, recorded between 1987. 496 of them were fatal (18%), and 1,195 people died.
The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Cessna 150 and Piper PA-28.
Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Bahamas.
615 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
2,774
Records
496
Fatal
1,195
Deaths
18%
Share fatal
1987
Period
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2,159 of 2,774 have coordinates
Aircraft types involved
Where these happened
All 2,774 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec 1987 | Cessna 182 | Fargo, Oklahoma, United States | Ferris Wooton | No injuries | - |
| 29 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150 | Woodworth, Louisiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Dec 1987 | Cessna U206G | Key West, Florida, United States | Key West Seaplane Service, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 29 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172M | Banning, California, United States | Cable Air | No injuries | - |
| 28 Dec 1987 | Cessna 152 | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | Griffin, Michael J. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172 | Goodyear, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Dec 1987 | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 | Pensacola, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 | Santa Ynez, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Boeing 727-231 | Miami, Florida, United States | Trans World Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150M | Gainesville, Texas, United States | Mark D. Woodruff | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Continental Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150M | Redwood Falls, Minnesota, United States | Sun Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-18-125 | Riverton, Wyoming, United States | Western Executive Air | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172M | Warner-Robins, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Boeing 727-200 | San Juan | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Crusenberry WINDWAGON | Lantana, Florida, United States | Crusenberry, William B. | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-28R-201T | Hays, Kansas, United States | Bill Morrison | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 1987 | Luscombe 8-A | Chillicothe, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150H | Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, United States | S. Curcio | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Dec 1987 | Beechcraft 58 | Flushing, New York, United States | Executive Flightways | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-28-161 | Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | Gary Bendavid | No injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 1987 | Cessna 210K | Chowchilla, California, United States | KHG Aviation, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150E | Hilo, Hawaii, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172XP | Godley, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1987 | Beechcraft A36 | Angel Fire, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | Marathon, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1987 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Sorelivo Investment, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172K | Staunton, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Los Angeles, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1987 | Beechcraft 99 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Air New Orleans | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1987 | Sonerai 2L | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1987 | Cessna 195A | Burbank, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172 | Fallbrook, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1987 | Cessna T210R | Bismarck, North Dakota, United States | Charles B Severn | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-38-112 | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | Waide P. Noel | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1987 | Cessna 208 | Bethel, Alaska, United States | Hermens Air | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1987 | Cessna 172 | Guvate | Civil Air Patrol, Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1987 | Cessna 182 | Hammonton, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1987 | Cessna A188B | South Bay, Florida, United States | Glades Ground Spraying | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1987 | Gulfstream American AA5A | Marathon, Florida, United States | Jensen, Horatio | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1987 | Cessna 150H | Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1987 | Swearingen SA-226 | Chantilly, Virginia, United States | Avair Incorporated | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1987 | Hughes 269A-1 | Eldorado, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1987 | Boeing 747-124F | Bogota, Colombia | Avianca | Unknown | - |
| 16 Dec 1987 | Aero Commander 680FL | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-28-140 | Osceola, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Dec 1987 | Grumman American AA-5 | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 1987 | Beechcraft 95-C55 | Marathon, Florida, United States | Cabanas, Fred R. | No injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 1987 | Grumman AA-5A | Rome, New York, United States | Dick LEE | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 1987 | British BAE-3101 | Joplin, Missouri, United States | Express Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |