Plane Crash List

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.

105 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 510 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

2,774
Records
496
Fatal
1,195
Deaths
18%
Share fatal
1987
Period
Show these on the map 2,669 of 2,774 can be placed (510 approximate)

All 2,774 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
29 Mar 1987 Piper PA-23-250
N5216Y
Dover, Delaware, United States - No injuries -
29 Mar 1987 Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N33924
Issaquah, Washington, United States Linn Emrich No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Aeronca 15AC
N1156H
Hibbing, Minnesota, United States Swan Lake Flyers No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 150F
N6978F
Fremont, Missouri, United States Ruth Nickie No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Piper PA-32-300
N2946Y
Many, Louisiana, United States Tips Air, Inc. No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 150H
N22064
Palestine, Texas, United States Brent S. Gee/Ptnrs Minor injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Aeronca 7AC
N6050V
Columbus, Montana, United States ART D. Daniels No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 150M
N2848V
Cavalier, North Dakota, United States John R. Halldorson Minor injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Thorp T-18
N26CK
Riverside, California, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 310
N223H
Agua Dulce, California, United States Theodore C. August No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Replica P51
N51JR
Midland, Texas, United States - No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 310L
N3304X
Venice, Florida, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Cessna 172M
N12497
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States Jack Wall Aviation, Inc. No injuries -
28 Mar 1987 Piper PA-28-140
N4298T
Newberg, Oregon, United States - No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Mooney M20C
N6550U
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States - No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Piper PA-28-235
N9306W
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 De Havilland DHC-1B-2S5
N320HP
Claremore, Oklahoma, United States Robert W. Dean Serious injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Cessna 210C
N3643Y
Ponch
not on the map
- No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Piper PA-32-300
N3042U
Toccoa, Georgia, United States - No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Grumman G-164
N654Y
Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States - No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Piper PA-31-350
N40958
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
27 Mar 1987 Bellanca 17-30
N4878V
Medford, Oregon, United States - No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Bellanca 17-30A
N8793V
Greeley, Colorado, United States Johnson Chevrolet-Olds Inc. No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Balloon Works FIREFLY 7
N1521G
Park City, Utah, United States - Minor injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Piper PA-24
N6143P
Gainesville, Florida, United States Robert W. Bowen Serious injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Piper PA-25
N6699Z
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Cessna 152
N757LM
Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Mooney M20F
N6990V
Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States - No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
N151AA
Tuba City, Arizona, United States American Airlines, Inc. No injuries -
26 Mar 1987 Cessna 172M
N19984
Shelbyville, Indiana, United States Advantage Engineering, Inc. No injuries -
25 Mar 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
N128AA
Chicago, Illinois, United States
approximate position
American Airlines Serious injuries -
25 Mar 1987 Convair CV-580
N73107
Dallas, Texas, United States - No injuries -
24 Mar 1987 Beechcraft BE-58
N38077
Houston, Missouri, United States Paramount Corp. No injuries -
24 Mar 1987 Cessna 172
N98763
Neosho, Missouri, United States - No injuries -
23 Mar 1987 Cessna 172H
N1725F
Larimore, North Dakota, United States Eugene A. Rohl No injuries -
23 Mar 1987 Piper PA-28-140
N2439T
Anza, California, United States
approximate position
- Minor injuries -
23 Mar 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82
N409AA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - No injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Cessna 152
N6285Q
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States
approximate position
Road Runner Aviation No injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Air Tractor AT301
N3655G
El Dorado, Oklahoma, United States Jackson County Spray Co. No injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Eagle Balloons C-7
N60765
Montvale, Virginia, United States Above the Rest, Inc. Serious injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Bell 47-D1
N88929
Homosassa, Florida, United States
approximate position
- No injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-D
N99436
Cottondale, Alabama, United States David C.higley Serious injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Champion 7FC
N90398
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States Kauffman, W.w. No injuries -
22 Mar 1987 Schweizer SGS 2-33
N2959H
Waynesville, Ohio, United States - No injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Glasair SH2
N67SH
Springdale, Arkansas, United States - No injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Cessna T210N
N9504Y
Oxford, Mississippi, United States - Minor injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Piper PA-28R-200
N2948R
Darien, Georgia, United States Michael Robert Katz Minor injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Barlow QUICKIE 2
N14QP
Stockbridge, Georgia, United States VON C. Hickman Serious injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Cessna 152
N67911
Du Bois, Pennsylvania, United States - No injuries -
21 Mar 1987 Piper PA-34-200T
N2083K
Rutland, Vermont, United States
approximate position
Wilbur Highleyman No injuries -