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
3 Aug 1988	Van RV-4 N223RD	Ashland City, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Konrad Michael Wiley	Fatal	1
3 Aug 1988	Bellanca 7ECA N2956Z	Flushing, Michigan, United States	E. Dalton	Fatal	1
2 Aug 1988	Cessna T-210 N79Y	Brea, California, United States no coordinates	Century Air	Fatal	1
2 Aug 1988	Beechcraft B23 N4006T	Cimarron, New Mexico, United States	Thomas Brooks Chartered	Fatal	1
31 Jul 1988	Cessna 414A N414YV	Big Pine, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
26 Jul 1988	Learjet 35A N442NE	Morristown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Jul 1988	Cessna 150J N51413	Palmyra, New York, United States	William Gill	Fatal	1
25 Jul 1988	Cessna U206F N401SU	Lake Minchumina, Alaska, United States	Hayden, Jack	Fatal	1
25 Jul 1988	Piper PA-60-700P N69RB	Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States	Rogers, Robert H.	Fatal	1
24 Jul 1988	Rockwell S2R N4222X	O'brien, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Jul 1988	Bellanca 17-30A N28140	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jul 1988	Air Command ELITE 532 N91359	Baytown, Texas, United States	Robert L. Glens	Fatal	1
20 Jul 1988	Beechcraft 76 N2074M	Portola Valley, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
20 Jul 1988	De Havilland DHC-6-200 N7267	Chantilly, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Jul 1988	Bellanca 7KCAB N86628	Egg Harbor Twsp, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1988	Applebay ZUNI 2 N14XZ	Wellington, Nevada, United States	Diane E. Weidenhammer	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1988	Piper PA-28-140 N40808	Compton, California, United States no coordinates	Smith, Claude	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1988	Cessna 421 N825DW	Taunton, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Vadala Management Corporation	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1988	Aerospatiale SA330J N47307	Gulf-of-Mexico no coordinates	Petroleum Helicopters	Fatal	1
13 Jul 1988	Cessna 172G N4288L	Sarcoxie, Missouri, United States	Lloyd C. Hawken	Fatal	1
12 Jul 1988	Beechcraft A35 N27EB	Lompoc, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Jul 1988	Piper PA-28-161 N84493	Fryeburg, Maine, United States no coordinates	New England Flyers	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1988	Cessna 188 N3525Q	Garfield, Georgia, United States	D&R Spraying Service	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1988	Cessna 172M N80943	Holland, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Jul 1988	Cessna 172N N6187D	Middletown, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
5 Jul 1988	Bellanca 17-30A N399AC	Clearwater, Florida, United States no coordinates	Brennan Assoc., Inc.	Fatal	1
4 Jul 1988	Cessna 152 N49787	Verdi, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Oroville Aviation	Fatal	1
4 Jul 1988	Cessna 150G N2865S	Plymouth, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Robert L. Reining	Fatal	1
3 Jul 1988	Cessna 206 N5045U	Naknek, Alaska, United States	Albert L. Kelley	Fatal	1
3 Jul 1988	Cessna T207 N1724U	Petros, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	J & S Aero, Inc.	Fatal	1
2 Jul 1988	Piper PA-28-160 N5517W	Beedeville, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1988	Schweizer SGS-1-26A N2726Z	Montague, California, United States	Montague Aviation	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1988	Piper PA-32 N8324V	Uniontown, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Joseph W. Belanger	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1988	Cessna 172P N51234	Descanso, California, United States no coordinates	Funbirds Flying Club, Inc.	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1988	Helio HST-550A N9991F	Perris, California, United States no coordinates	Perris Valley Skydiving Inc.	Fatal	1
29 Jun 1988	Baron MINICOUPE N8534A	Truckee, California, United States no coordinates	Thys, Edward B.	Fatal	1
27 Jun 1988	Cessna 414 N1555T	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Cady, Dale R	Fatal	1
27 Jun 1988	Piper PA-28RT-201T N29318	Capitan, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Midland Big Chief Supply, Inc.	Fatal	1
26 Jun 1988	I C A Brasov IS-29D N91419	Athol, Idaho, United States	Melvin S. Heter	Fatal	1
22 Jun 1988	Cessna 150 N4282U	Eastman, Georgia, United States	Nasworthy, Wayne	Fatal	1
22 Jun 1988	Luscombe 8A N1144B	Horse Shoe, North Carolina, United States	Walter B. Fletcher	Fatal	1
22 Jun 1988	Globe GC-1B N780GM	Myrtlewood, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Moore Charles	Fatal	1
21 Jun 1988	Ayres S2R N5512X	Firebaugh, California, United States	Combs, Michael L.	Fatal	1
20 Jun 1988	Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N90360	Catano no coordinates	Executive Air Charter	Fatal	1
20 Jun 1988	Terry TIERRA II N4462T	Plattsburgh, New York, United States	Douglas John Stannard	Fatal	1
18 Jun 1988	Kennedy SKYCYCLE 2 N33KA	Orlando, Florida, United States	Kennedy, Paul E	Fatal	1
17 Jun 1988	Piper PA-31-P N560JB	Miami Lakes, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Jun 1988	Champion 7AC N81725	Coldfoot, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
10 Jun 1988	De Havilland DHC-2 N48108	Chugiak, Alaska, United States	Bloomfield, Pette E.	Fatal	1
9 Jun 1988	Cessna 421B N700SC	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1