Plane crashes in 1988

307 crashes worldwide in 1988, with 2,393 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 307
• Fatal crashes: 196
• Fatalities: 2,393
• First recorded: January 2, 1988
• Most recent: December 31, 1988

Deadliest

1. July 3, 1988: Airbus A300, Qeshm Island, Hormozgān, Iran (290 fatalities)
2. December 21, 1988: Boeing 747-100, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom (270 fatalities)
3. March 17, 1988: Boeing 727-100, Mt El Espartillo, Norte de Santander, Colombia (143 fatalities)
4. October 19, 1988: Boeing 737-200, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (133 fatalities)
5. January 18, 1988: Ilyushin II-18, Chongqing-Baishiyi, Sichuan, China (108 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (88)
• Russia (30)
• Canada (13)
• France (11)
• Australia (9)
• India (7)
• Mexico (7)
• Brazil (6)
• Colombia (6)
• South Africa (6)
• Ukraine (6)
• Ecuador (5)

Manufacturers

• Cessna (35)
• PZL-Mielec (30)
• Antonov (23)
• Piper (23)
• Boeing (20)
• Douglas (18)
• De Havilland (17)
• Beechcraft (16)
• Rockwell (15)
• Swearingen (8)
• Tupolev (8)
• Fokker (7)

Aircraft

• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (30)
• Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (9)
• Antonov AN-26 (7)
• Boeing 737-200 (7)
• De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (7)
• Antonov AN-12 (6)
• Cessna 414 Chancellor (6)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (6)
• Fokker F27 Friendship (6)
• Cessna 402 (5)
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (5)
• Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

• December 31, 1988: Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kaposvár, Somogy, Hungary (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tshikapa, Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1988: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Somerset, New Jersey, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 28, 1988: Fletcher FU-24, Rangitata, Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
• December 23, 1988: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Mt Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines (2 fatalities)
• December 22, 1988: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 22, 1988: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Bloomville, Ohio, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 21, 1988: Boeing 747-100, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom (270 fatalities)
• December 19, 1988: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Pontiac-Oakland County, Michigan, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 19, 1988: Fokker F27 Friendship, Catarman, Samar, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• December 16, 1988: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Sturt Meadows Station, Western Australia, Australia (20 fatalities)
• December 16, 1988: Learjet 24, Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• December 14, 1988: Boeing 707, Karm Umran, Qena, Egypt (9 fatalities)
• December 14, 1988: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Kasaan, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 13, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
• December 12, 1988: Antonov AN-12, Yerevan-Zvartnots, Armavir, Armenia (7 fatalities)
• December 11, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (78 fatalities)
• December 10, 1988: Antonov AN-26, Parachinar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan (25 fatalities)
• December 10, 1988: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany (5 fatalities)
• December 9, 1988: Rockwell Aero Commander 720, Alcoa, Tennessee, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 9, 1988: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Pacific Ocean, World (1 fatality)
• December 8, 1988: Douglas DC-7, Bir Moghreïn, Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania (5 fatalities)
• December 7, 1988: Let L-410, Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (6 fatalities)
• December 6, 1988: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer AFB, Michigan, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 5, 1988: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Lake Monduran, Queensland, Australia (3 fatalities)
• December 3, 1988: Avro 748, Waskaganish, Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1988: Cessna 404 Titan, Bogotá, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
• November 30, 1988: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Hamada al Hamra, Jabal al Gharbi, Libya (14 fatalities)
• November 29, 1988: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Chapleau, Ontario, Canada (4 fatalities)
• November 28, 1988: Cessna 402, Hagfors, Värmland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
• November 25, 1988: Dornier DO.28A/B, Israel, All Israel, Israel (0 fatalities)
• November 23, 1988: Vickers Viscount, Tangier-Boukhalef, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (0 fatalities)
• November 20, 1988: Cessna 340, Oxford-Waterbury, Connecticut, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 20, 1988: Antonov AN-8, Yerevan-Erebuni, Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
• November 20, 1988: Cessna 425 Conquest, Lake Larouche, Quebec, Canada (1 fatality)
• November 19, 1988: Ilyushin II-76, Rogachevo AFB, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 1988: Antonov AN-26, Parachinar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan (34 fatalities)
• November 18, 1988: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Locust Grove, Arkansas, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
• November 18, 1988: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• November 18, 1988: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Montluçon-Guéret, Allier, France (4 fatalities)
• November 17, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Michałków, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
• November 17, 1988: Cessna 441 Conquest, Saclay, Essonne, France (7 fatalities)
• November 16, 1988: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Chicago-Midway, Illinois, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 16, 1988: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Tooele Valley, Utah, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 14, 1988: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Seinäjoki-Ilmajoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland (6 fatalities)
• November 13, 1988: Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I, Niedernberg, Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
• November 10, 1988: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Matei (Taveuni Island), All Fiji Islands, Fiji (0 fatalities)
• November 8, 1988: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia (1 fatality)
• November 6, 1988: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Caldera, Región de Atacama, Chile (2 fatalities)
• November 5, 1988: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Monoghan, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 2, 1988: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Elko, Nevada, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 2, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 2, 1988: Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, Latrobe-Arnold Palmer-Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 2, 1988: Antonov AN-24, Łańcut, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie), Poland (1 fatality)
• November 1, 1988: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Cabazon, California, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 1, 1988: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pikangikum, Ontario, Canada (2 fatalities)
• November 1, 1988: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia (3 fatalities)
• October 31, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kuberganya, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 31, 1988: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Nandawar, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• October 26, 1988: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Redlands, California, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 26, 1988: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 26, 1988: Cessna 501 Citation I, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (2 fatalities)
• October 25, 1988: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Juliaca, Puno, Peru (12 fatalities)
• October 20, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kotlas, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 20, 1988: Antonov AN-2, Magadan, Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 20, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Laketown, Utah, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 19, 1988: Fokker F27 Friendship, Guwahati, Assam, India (34 fatalities)
• October 19, 1988: Boeing 737-200, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (133 fatalities)
• October 17, 1988: Boeing 707, Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci, Lazio, Italy (33 fatalities)
• October 16, 1988: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada (3 fatalities)
• October 16, 1988: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Edinburg, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Sudan, All Sudan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1988: Boeing 737-200, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• October 14, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Srednekolymsk, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 14, 1988: Partenavia P.68, Kolane, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• October 13, 1988: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Clark AFB (Angeles City), Pampanga, Philippines (1 fatality)
• October 11, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Prague-Ruzyne, Prague (Hlavní mesto Praha), Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1988: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Oscoda-Wurtsmith, Michigan, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
• October 11, 1988: Antonov AN-12, Marneuli, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia (8 fatalities)
• October 8, 1988: Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston, San Benito, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 8, 1988: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dori, Séno (Dori), Burkina Faso (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1988: Ilyushin II-14, Linfen, Shanxi, China (46 fatalities)
• October 7, 1988: Noorduyn Norseman, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
• October 4, 1988: Antonov AN-12, Batagay, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (6 fatalities)
• October 4, 1988: Antonov AN-32, Shivrajpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (10 fatalities)
• October 2, 1988: Beechcraft 90 King Air, São Pedro da Aldeia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8 fatalities)
• September 30, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Columbus-Ohio State University-Don Scott, Ohio, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 30, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Romania, All Romania, Romania (0 fatalities)
• September 27, 1988: Antonov AN-8, Sosensky, Kaluga oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
• September 26, 1988: Boeing 737-200, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (0 fatalities)
• September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 24, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tompo, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1988: Fokker F27 Friendship, Calcutta-Dum Dum, West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
• September 22, 1988: Dornier DO228, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
• September 21, 1988: Douglas A-26 Invader, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• September 21, 1988: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Aiykam, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (2 fatalities)
• September 20, 1988: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)