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

Show these on the map 2,159 of 2,774 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 223 Cessna 150 153 Piper PA-28 141 Cessna 152 138 Cessna 182 91 Piper PA-18 55

Where these happened

United States 2,719 Mexico 7 Bahamas 4 Canada 2 El Salvador 1 Australia 1

Operators involved

American Airlines 6 American Airlines, Inc. 4 Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. 4 Usair 4 United Airlines 4 Piedmont Aviation, Inc. 3

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 May 1987	Piper PA-32-300 N32774	Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 May 1987	Learjet 35A N100EP	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States	Corporate Jets, Inc.	Fatal	2
10 May 1987	Piper J4A N25020	Collierville, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 May 1987	Chance Vought F4U-7 N33693	Chula Vista, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 May 1987	North American T-28D N9611C	Tatum, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 May 1987	Champion 7EC N7556E	Delia, Kansas, United States	Delone L. Bennett	Fatal	2
8 May 1987	Casa C-212-CC N432CA	Mayaguez no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 May 1987	Woehrle FLUT-R-BUG SA6B N3769G	Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 May 1987	Aeronca 7BCM N10521	Georgiana, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1987	Cessna 182R N5511N	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1987	Hughes 369D N10995	Tamunings, United States no coordinates	Adriatic Sea	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1987	Piper PA-28-140 N44213	Neelyville, Missouri, United States	Charles E. Fowler	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1987	Piper PA-28-181 N1145Q	Valley, Nebraska, United States	Proflight, Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Apr 1987	Grumman AA-5B N28846	Eagle Lake, Texas, United States	Fletcher Aviation	Fatal	2
23 Apr 1987	Swearingen SA-226TC N505LB	Wilmington, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Apr 1987	Piper PA-32-300 N44626	Ogden, Iowa, United States	James C. Smith	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1987	Cessna 152 N67751	Marion, Iowa, United States	P & N Flight School	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1987	Bellanca 8KCAB N377SW	New Milford, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1987	Bell 222 N1074T	Ben Wheeler, Texas, United States	University of Southern ALA.	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1987	Lake LA-4-200 N2847P	Nixa, Missouri, United States	Joseph B. Carroll	Fatal	2
10 Apr 1987	Piper PA-28-161 N4304F	Malibu, California, United States	Rick Voorhies	Fatal	2
5 Apr 1987	Cessna 182Q N4828N	Needles, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Apr 1987	Cessna 402 N967JW	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Apr 1987	Champion 7ECA N9655S	Upland, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Mar 1987	Cessna 310Q N7603Q	Half Moon Bay, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Mar 1987	Beechcraft V35B N8888M	Camp Pendleton, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Mar 1987	Piper PA-28-140 N726FL	Miami, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Mar 1987	Bell 47G N13766	Wassaic, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Mar 1987	Cessna 182R N3143E	Avenal, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Mar 1987	Robinson R-22-A N2256M	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States	Arizona Wing & Rotor	Fatal	2
7 Mar 1987	Rockwell 112 N112BB	Edgewood, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Feb 1987	Piper PA-44-180T N8307H	Missing Acft	-	Fatal	2
23 Feb 1987	Cessna P206B N58RS	Green Valley, California, United States	John A. Morrow	Fatal	2
22 Feb 1987	Cessna 152C N757BQ	Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, United States	Nittany Aero Club, Inc.	Fatal	2
21 Feb 1987	Cessna 182P N5824J	Crossville, Tennessee, United States	Central Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
21 Feb 1987	Cessna 182 N3266Y	North Bend, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Feb 1987	Cessna 441 N6858S	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Samaritan Health Services	Fatal	2
18 Feb 1987	Beechcraft E18S N149R	Quincy, Illinois, United States	Active Aero Charter	Fatal	2
13 Feb 1987	Richard A Brown FALCO F-8L N894RB	Mc Arthur, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Feb 1987	Robinson R22 N9073Y	Myersville, Maryland, United States	Steven Phillips Helicopters	Fatal	2
7 Feb 1987	Cessna 150L N6797G	Ayase, Japan no coordinates	Atsugi Navy Flying Club	Fatal	2
7 Feb 1987	Cessna 210N N6497N	Diboll, Texas, United States	Kenneth P. Barton	Fatal	2
5 Feb 1987	Sikorsky S-76A N767AL	Angleton, Texas, United States	Air Logistics, Inc.	Fatal	2
5 Feb 1987	Bell 206L-1 N5012Z	Matagorda 665 no coordinates	Air Logistics	Fatal	2
1 Feb 1987	Cessna 150D N4372U	Central City, Nebraska, United States	Darick D.barnhart	Fatal	2
1 Feb 1987	Cessna 340A N6320X	Two Buttes, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Jan 1987	Cessna 172P N62127	Cuyama, California, United States	Monterey Flyers, Inc.	Fatal	2
29 Jan 1987	Cessna 150J N50922	Vancouver, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Jan 1987	Mooney M20E N79366	Dunsmuir, California, United States	Dale W. Schultz, SR.	Fatal	2
25 Jan 1987	Michael D Mansfield KR-2 N66996	Fallon, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2