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 United Kingdom 2 Costa Rica 2 Panama 2

Operators involved

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

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Nov 1988	Rockwell 1121A N44	Oak Grove, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	3
29 Oct 1988	Piper PA-34-200 N666RW	Ocean City, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	3
18 Oct 1988	Cessna 177A N30470	La Follette, Tennessee, United States	David L. Oakley	Fatal	3
18 Oct 1988	Piper PA-28-140 N3913K	Garfield, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Shippen, John L.	Fatal	3
12 Oct 1988	Piper PA-32-300 N6198H	Santa Maria, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
5 Oct 1988	Mooney M20E N5997Q	Walsh, Colorado, United States	Doyle, A.c.	Fatal	3
2 Oct 1988	Cessna Robertson 337A N6314F	Eliza Island, Washington, United States	Edwin L. Bond	Fatal	3
1 Oct 1988	Beechcraft D55 N7826R	N. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Argenta Air, Inc.	Fatal	3
9 Sep 1988	Cessna 182RG N6064C	Greenville, Maine, United States no coordinates	Edward V. Farnsworth	Fatal	3
3 Sep 1988	Cessna 172P N51886	Kauai, Hawaii, United States	Eveland Aero Service	Fatal	3
25 Aug 1988	Piper PA-60 N6069W	Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States	Phillips, Lewis	Fatal	3
24 Aug 1988	Aero Commander 100-180 N4175X	John Day, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	3
21 Aug 1988	Hughes 269B N9499F	Hampton, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Midwest Aviation Corp.	Fatal	3
16 Aug 1988	Beechcraft 60 N21TP	Pageland, South Carolina, United States	Rickey L. Newsom	Fatal	3
30 Jul 1988	Cessna 185 N70168	Liscome Bay, Alaska, United States	Temsco Airlines	Fatal	3
30 Jul 1988	Cessna 177RG N52504	Cedar Grove, California, United States no coordinates	Alameda Flying Club	Fatal	3
21 Jul 1988	Douglas DC-6A N33VX	Golden Meadow, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	3
2 Jun 1988	Cessna 172N N3327E	Hatcher Pass, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
28 May 1988	Mooney M20 N5279B	Jamestown, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	3
18 May 1988	Piper PA-32-260 N897P	Skwentna, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	3
14 May 1988	Curtiss-Wright TRAVEL AIR 2000 N6130	Fairfield, California, United States	Mayes, George R.	Fatal	3
29 Apr 1988	Piper PA-22-150 N3014Z	Thomasville, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	3
16 Apr 1988	Piper PA-32RT-300T N36815	Port Angeles, Washington, United States	James Stanley Bell	Fatal	3
16 Apr 1988	Piper PA-28R-200 N2738R	Pintura, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	3
26 Mar 1988	Beechcraft D95A N8855M	Santa Maria, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
20 Mar 1988	Cessna 210N N6401N	Quantico, Virginia, United States	Atlantic Aero	Fatal	3
20 Feb 1988	Piper PA-31-325 N27400	Hamilton Twp., New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Atlantic City Air Taxi	Fatal	3
19 Feb 1988	Piper PA-28-161 N43253	Stuart, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
19 Feb 1988	Aero Commander 680 N634SA	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
9 Feb 1988	British 3101 N823JS	Springfield, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Jestream Int'l Airlines	Fatal	3
7 Feb 1988	Cessna 172M N20484	Red Lodge, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	3
5 Feb 1988	Piper PA-28-181 N8417F	Roswell, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
4 Feb 1988	Cessna 421A N517S	Helena, Montana, United States	Minuteman Aviation	Fatal	3
22 Jan 1988	Beechcraft B23 CFWET	Hamer, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	3
18 Jan 1988	Piper PA-23-250 N40265	Carbondale, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	3
17 Jan 1988	Gulfstream American AA-5A N9937U	Elbert, Colorado, United States	Peterson Aero Club	Fatal	3
10 Jan 1988	Fairchild SA226T N800AW	Pontiac, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	3
31 Dec 1988	Piper PA-28-180 N5369L	Wrightwood, California, United States	Clevenger, John B.	Fatal	2
25 Dec 1988	Piper PA-28-161 N9276M	Yucca, Arizona, United States	Deer Valley Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1988	Cessna 172 N8193B	Wadsworth, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1988	Cessna 210B N210RW	Mt Airy, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	William R. Spencer	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1988	Cessna T210L N94210	Norco, California, United States no coordinates	Thrasher, Daniel R.	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1988	Cessna 310R N5121J	Madison, Indiana, United States	HFG, Inc.	Fatal	2
23 Dec 1988	Cessna 414 N84UM	Bloomville, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Donald I. Kapetansky	Fatal	2
22 Dec 1988	Cessna 414 N244RM	Franklin Twp, Pennsylvania, United States	Erie Airways	Fatal	2
21 Dec 1988	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415C N99636	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	Kautz, James P.	Fatal	2
21 Dec 1988	Cessna 310L N2251F	Cedar Key, Florida, United States	Cyril, Ronald A.	Fatal	2
17 Dec 1988	Cessna T210L N4675Q	Buena Park, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Dec 1988	Learjet 24B N234CM	Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Dec 1988	Aero Commander 720 N120G	Alcoa, Tennessee, United States	Commuter Craft Inc.	Fatal	2