Aviation accidents in 1988

The NTSB database holds 2,685 accidents and incidents in 1988, recorded between 1988. 502 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,163 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, Bahamas and Mexico.

741 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

2,685

Records

502

Fatal

1,163

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1988

Period

Show these on the map 1,944 of 2,685 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 209 Cessna 150 145 Piper PA-28 137 Cessna 152 129 Cessna 182 78 Piper PA-22 38

Where these happened

United States 2,617 Bahamas 14 Mexico 6 Costa Rica 2 Panama 2 Netherlands Antilles 2

Operators involved

American Airlines 8 United Airlines 5 Northwest Airlines 4 Flight Safety Int'l, Inc. 4 Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc 3 West Farm Air, Inc. 3

All 2,685 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N24824	Pedricktown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Earl F. MC Gu;Ire	No injuries	-
20 Dec 1988	Beechcraft A36 N17696	Athens, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Dec 1988	Pilatus P-2/05 N109PL	St. Augustine, Florida, United States	Sherman Aircraft Sales	Minor injuries	-
19 Dec 1988	Beechcraft 58 N18434	Elkhart, Kansas, United States	Midwest Corporate Aviation Inc	No injuries	-
19 Dec 1988	Lockheed L-1011 UNK	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1988	Bellanca 7KCAB N36627	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	Pierson, Louis A.	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N757YE	Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States	Neuroth, John L.	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1988	Bell 206L-1 N5012J	Linwood, Kansas, United States	St Louis Helicopter Arwys Inc	Minor injuries	-
18 Dec 1988	Cessna 170B N3138B	North Pole, Alaska, United States	Grose, Anthony R.	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1988	Piper PA-24-250 N6843P	Peyton, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Cessna 210D N3815Y	Twin Falls, Idaho, United States	High Country Aero Club	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Cessna 150 N704LB	Rolla, Missouri, United States	Dickman Aviation Services, Inc	Minor injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Cessna 210L N5225K	Bannock Burn, Illinois, United States	Sweeberg, Richard	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N6558P	Stacyville, Maine, United States no coordinates	Linda G. Davis	Minor injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Cessna 150E N6122T	Basin, Wyoming, United States	Fabricius, LEE J	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1988	Piper PA-11 N78654	Hammond, Montana, United States	Tooke, James G.	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 150 N8484U	Naples, Florida, United States no coordinates	Tursair, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 152II N714ZE	Lake In the Hls, Illinois, United States	Northern Illinois Flight Cntr	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N67638	Medford, Oregon, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Boeing 747-124 N822FT	Hong Kong no coordinates	Flying Tiger	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 172G N4419L	Venice, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 150 N63136	Lyme, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Air Charter Express, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N49209	Greeley, Colorado, United States	Air Link, Inc	No injuries	-
15 Dec 1988	Cessna 177RG N51386	Monroe, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1988	Aerospatiale AS-350B N152BC	Okeelanta, Florida, United States	Broward Sheriff's Office	Serious injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Hughes 369E N7733H	Hanalei, Hawaii, United States	Kauai Helicopter	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Hughes 369D N58261	Kountze, Texas, United States	Gradney Helicopters	Minor injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Enstrom F28F N5699M	Bradford, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Cessna 150L N6538G	Greenwich, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Brooksfield Aviation	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Bellanca 17-30A N14695	Athens, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Morgan, Lawrence L.	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1988	Cessna 207 N70076	Napaskiak, Alaska, United States	Dick Nelson	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1988	Cessna 152 N94825	Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Hickam-Wheeler Aero Club	Minor injuries	-
11 Dec 1988	Cessna 150 N704KV	Varna, Illinois, United States	Aircraft Medics Partnership	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1988	Beechcraft 24R N9233S	Oxford, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Carl Brown	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1988	Mooney M20J N3820H	New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, United States	William A. Jardine	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1988	Cessna 650 N61BE	Hutchinson, Kansas, United States	Jetcraft Inc	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1988	Cessna 182E N9261X	Ocala, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1988	Piper PA-24-250 N8356P	Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States	Messer, Maurice O	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1988	Cessna 172I N8319L	Chugiak, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
9 Dec 1988	Cessna 150M N714MK	Walbridge, Ohio, United States	Blue Horizon Flying Club	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1988	Piper PA-28-160 N5875W	Crete, Nebraska, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Dec 1988	Beechcraft K35 N9569R	Arbuckle, California, United States	ELK Creek Leasing	Minor injuries	-
7 Dec 1988	Bellanca 17-30 N198V	Martelle, Iowa, United States	Pick, Alfred	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1988	Piper PA-34-200 N16502	Laconia, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	Herbert Hauser	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1988	Cessna A185H N7392H	San Antonio, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1988	Cessna 150J N60029	Gainesville, Florida, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
6 Dec 1988	Cessna 180J N46602	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Debbie S. White	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1988	Aeronca 11AC N86073	Tampa, Florida, United States	McLendon, Morris L.	Minor injuries	-
6 Dec 1988	Cessna 172 N6356D	Englewood, Colorado, United States	P. C. Flyers	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1988	Piper PA-28 N706FL	Carlsbad, California, United States	Arouz, Sergio J.	No injuries	-