END OF YEAR SUMMARY — 1987
1987
FIELD INCIDENT LOG
FIELD INCIDENT LOG
Number Date Park Incident
87-1 1/3 Amistad Drowning
87-2 1/3 Big Bend Drowning
87-3 1/14 Lake Clark Air crash w/fatality - just outside park
87-4 1/17 Yosemite SAR
87-5 1/20 Joshua Tree Fatality, auto
87-6 1/21 Channel Islands Suicide, employee
87-7 1/21 Hawaii Volcanoes Fatality, auto
87-8 1/22 Grand Canyon Fatality
87-9 2/2 Big Bend Drug bust
87-10 2/5 Gateway Explosive device found
87-11 2/1 Yellowstone Air crash, fatality
87-12 2/9 Cape Cod Blizzard emergency
87-12 2/12 Cape Cod Follow-up
87-13 2/14 Sandy Hook Fire
87-14 2/17 Lake Mead Drowning
87-15 2/18 Assateague Drowning
87-16 2/18 Yosemite Auto Fatal
87-17 3/1 Yosemite Death
87-18 3/1 Saguaro SAR
87-19 3/2 Saguaro Balloon crash, no PI
87-20 3/7 Amistad Fatality
87-21 3/8 Yosemite Fatality
87-22 3/10 Lassen Volcanic Structure Fire
87-23 3/10 Yosemite Rock slide
87-24 3/12 Everglades Drug arrests
87-25 3/13 Canyon de Chelly Fatality
87-26 3/15 Big Bend Fatality
87-27 3/16 Golden Gate Fatality
87-28 3/18 Independence Fatality
87-29 3/19 N/A, Gulkana, AK Air crash, NPS A/C, no PI
87-30 3/17 Gates of Arctic Air crash, NPS A/C, no PI
87-31 3/18 White Sands Student party/riot
87-32 3/23 Gateway Beaching of boat
87-33 3/23 Lowell Major Fire - non-NPS
87-34 3/24 Olympic Suicide
87-35 3/25 Lake Mead Fatality, auto
87-36 3/28 Wupatki Double Fatality, auto
87-37 3/29 Big Cypress Body Found - homocide
87-38 4/3 Bandelier SAR
87-39 4/7 Great Smoky Mtns Structural Fire
87-40 4/7 Curecanti Body Found
87-31A* 4/9 White Sands Follow-up
87-38A* 4/9 Bandelier SAR, Follow-up
87-41 4/12 Yosemite Rock slide w/injuries
87-42 4/12 Big Bend Body recovery
87-38B 4/12 Bandelier SAR, Follow-up
87-43 4/13 Gulf Islands Fatal, auto
87-44 4/14 Grand Canyon Fatal, auto
87-45 4/20 Big Bend Mountain lion attack
87-46 4/20 Chickasaw MI
87-47 4/19 Big Bend Fatality
87-48 4/21 Coulee Dam Drowning: boat swamped/fisherman
87-49 4/21 Grand Canyon Fatality: Fall from rim
87-50 4/23 Denali Air accident, no PI
87-51 4/16 Everglades Air crash, Fatality
87-52 4/17 Big Bend Drug shoot-out
87-53 4/26 Canyonlands Double Fatality, SCA's
87-54 4/25 Glacier Bear Fatality
87-55 4/25 Yosemite Double Fatality, Fall
87-56 4/25 Chickasaw Drowning
87-57 4/25 Valley Forge Assault
87-58 4/27 GWMP Demonstration
87-59 4/26 Tumacacori Employee death
87-60 4/27 Yosemite Suicide
87-61 4/28 Fredericksburg Suicide - carbon monoxide
87-62 4/30 Delaware Water Gap Fatality
87-63 4/30 Assateague Boat groundings
87-64 5/1 Acadia Less than 50 individuals protesting fees
87-65 5/3 Lake Mead Drowning
87-66 4/30 Denali TNT found, detonated
87-67 5/1 Lake Powell/Glen Canyon Drowning, sheepherder (Navajo)
87-68 5/11 LBJ Haz. material spill
87-69 5/9 Lake Mead Drowning
87-70 5/11 Golden Gate Assault on NPS employee
87-71 5/11 Muir Woods Life saved
87-72 5/15 Lake Mead Drowning
87-73 5/15 Sandy Hook, GAWA Unexploded ordinance detonated
87-74 5/18 Zion Fatality - fall/Angel's Landing
87-75 5/18 Acadia Fee protest
87-76 5/18 Denali SAR, prob. death - 4 climber
87-77 5/21 Lake Mead Fatality - Fleeing felon, possible suicide - MVA
87-78 5/24 North Cascades Fatality
87-79 5/25 Mount Rainier SAR
87-80 5/25 Lake Meredith Drowning
87-81 5/25 North Cascades Drowning
87-82 5/27 Cuyahuga Fall - injuries
87-83 5/29 Chickasaw Closure - flooding
87-84 5/29 Coulee Dam VIP death
87-85 5/31 Denali Bear attack
87-86 5/30 Denali Air accident: no PI
87-87 5/30 Cape Hatteras Drowning
87-88 6/3 Gulf Islands Drowning
87-89 6/4 Mount Rainier Search: Missing climbers
87-90 6/4 Hawaii Volcanoes Fatality - volcanic gas
87-91 6/5 NCP-East Anacostia River Drowning
87-89A 6/5 Mount Rainier Search update
87-92 6/5 Glacier MVA - Fatality
87-93 6/8 Statue of Liberty Attempted suicide (jump)
87-94 6/8 Glacier Missing Mercy Flight helicopter
87-95 6/8 Gulf Islands (2) Fatality: possible drowning
87-89B 6/8 Mount Rainier (3) Fatality
87-96 6/8 Denali Injury (mountain)
87-94A 6/10 Glacier 4 Fatalities (air crash): Mercy Flight
87-97 6/7 Shenandoah Fatality
87-98 6/10 Great Smoky Mtns Suicide
87-99 6/12 Blue Ridge Parkway Fatality
87-100 6/13 Mount Rainier Suicide (?)
87-101 6/11 Katmai Aircraft accident, no PI
87-102 6/13 New River Gorge Double Fatal
87-103 6/14 Joshua Tree Fatality: MVA
87-104 6/14 Sequoia-Kings Canyon Drowning
87-105 6/14 Sandy Hook LE Incident: Public intox, Assault
87-106 6/14 GWMP (Great Falls Park) Climbing accident: Fall/Evacuation
87-107 6/14 GWMP Fall
87-108 6/15 Denali SAR
87-109 6/12 Blue Ridge Parkway MV Fatal
87-110 6/14 Theodore Roosevelt SAR
87-111 6/15 Yosemite MV Fatal
87-112 6/16 Joshua Tree MV Fatal
87-113 6/16 New River Gorge Arson: Taylor House
87-114 6/17 Holocaust Mem Bomb
87-115 6/16 Kenai Fjord Visitor injury
87-116 6/16 Fort Smith Train derailing
87-117 6/18 Sandy Hook Serious employee injury
87-118 6/13 Golden Gate (Ocean Beach) Drug Bust
87-119 6/18 Lake Mead (Cottonwood) Fatality: Child struck by truck
87-120 6/18 Yellowstone (Lake) Fatality: Drowning:
87-121 6/20 Grand Teton MVA Fatality, injuries
87-122 6/22 Big Bend MVA Fatality, 1-car
87-123 6/23 Katmai Air accident, no PI
87-124 6/28 Delaware Water Gap MVA: Fatal
87-125 6/28 Glen Canyon Drowning
87-126 6/27 Mount Rainier Fatality, climbing
87-127 6/26 Yosemite SAR successful
87-128 6/28 Grand Teton Fatality: Climbing
87-129 6/28 Lake Mead Drowning
87-130 6/28 Indiana Dunes SAR
87-131 6/29 Ozark SAR
87-132 6/30 New River Gorge 2 missing in river
87-133 6/26 Sequoia-Kings Canyon Arson wildland fire: Ash Mountain
87-134 6/30 Grand Canyon Multiple vehicle fire
87-135 7/4 Denali Fatality
87-136 7/1 Joshua Tree Fatality / SAR
87-137 7/3 Rocky Mountain Fatality, drowning
87-138 7/4 Joshua Tree Fatality / drugs / fire
87-139 7/4 Yellowstone Stagecoach accident
87-140 7/5 Arizona Suicide, NPS employee
87-141 7/4 Upper Delaware Drowning
87-142 7/4 Great Basin Biker rally
87-143 7/4 Lassen Volcanic SAR
87-144 7/6 Grand Canyon "Earth First" rally
87-54B* 4/25 Glacier Bear caused fatality
87-145 7/5 Denali Bear attack
87-146 7/6 Valley Forge Suicide
87-147 7/6 Coulee Dam Drowning
87-148 7/1 Fort Point Shooting
87-149 6/30 Glacier Bay Lost party
87-150 7/8 Kings Mountain MVA, Fatal
87-151 7/8 GW Pkwy MVA
87-152 7/9 NCP-East (NCR) Hanging victim found
87-153 7/9 Point Reyes Fatality
87-154 7/ Voyageurs Air accident
87-138B* 7/13 Joshua Tree Follow-up
87-155 7/12 Glacier Bay Sinking, SAR
87-156 7/14 New River Gorge Drowning
87-157 7/13 Great Smoky Mtns Marijuana
87-138C* 7/12 Joshua Tree Follow-up
87-158 7/7 Organ Pipe Cactus Death
87-159 7/13 Lassen Volcanic SAR
87-160 7/15 Grover Archibald Park (ROCR) Suicide
87-161 7/17 Great Smoky Mnts Drug seizure: marijuana eradication
87-162 7/19 GWMP Drowning
87-163 7/20 Blue Ridge Parkway Drowning
87-164 7/18 Santa Monica Mtns Dog or coyote attack
87-165 7/22 Great Smoky Mtns Fatality, MVA
87-166 7/22 Great Smoky Mtns Drug Seizure: Marijuana Eradication
87-164A 7/22 Santa Monica Mtns Follow-up: Ranger Patrol
87-167 7/24 Rock Creek Park Shooting
87-168 7/20 Great Basin SAR, Fatality
87-169 7/20 Denali SAR
87-170 7/23 Santa Monica Mtns Susp. homicide
87-171 7/27 Shenandoah Suicide
87-172 7/26 Grand Teton Fatality
87-171A 7/27 Shenandoah Suicide Follow-up
87-173
87-174 7/29 GWMP - 1st overlook Drug Seizure
87-175 7/30 Lake Mead Body Found: Possible Homicide
87-176 8/1 Yosemite Fatality MVA
87-177 7/31 Joshua Tree Fatality MVA
87-178 8/1 Lake Mead Fatality - Possible homicide
87-179 8/1 Whiskeytown Fatality: MVA
87-180 8/2 Redwood Fatality: Possible Fall
87-181 8/3 Gates of Arctic Air crash: Multiple NPS injury
87-182 8/3 GWMP Suicide unidentified
87-183 8/4 Yellowstone Armed robbery
87-184 8/4 Olympic Peaceful demonstration: Earth First
87-185 8/4 Sequoia-Kings Canyon Missing skier found: Fatality
87-186 8/5 Yosemite Fatality: Rockfall/Climber
87-187 8/7 White House Shooting: USPP
87-188 8/6 Glen Canyon Fatality
87-189 8/7 Ozark Drowning
87-190 8/3 Cumberland Gap MVA
87-191 8/2 Great Smoky Mtns Marijuana
87-181B 8/3 Gates of Arctic Follow-up
87-192 8/8 Blue Ride Parkway SAR/Poss. Suicide
87-193 8/8 Lake Mead Fatality MVA
87-194 8/7 Golden Gate Body recovered
87-195 8/9 Grand Teton Fatality MVA
87-196 8/11 Grant-Kohrs Employee Suicide
87-197 8/8 Gates of Arctic Homicide
87-192B Blue Ridge Parkway SAR: Nobles
87-192C 8/15 Blue Ridge Parkway SAR: Nobles
87-198 8/15 Grand Teton Fatality: Lightning Strike
87-199 8/14 Lake Mead Drowning
87-200 8/16 Joshua Tree Fatality: Fall
87-201 8/7 Blue Ridge Parkway Shooting, injuries
87-202 8/14 Saguaro Fatality MVA
87-203 8/18 Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Fatality: Possible Suicide
87-204 8/19 Olympic Weapon Drawn: Car stop felon
87-205 8/20 Golden Gate Suicide
87-206 8/21 Blue Ridge Parkway Officer shot
87-207 8/22 New River Gorge Fatality, drowning
87-208 8/23 Gateway Fatality: Boating accident
87-209 8/23 Rock Creek Park Armed robbery: Shooting
87-210 8/22 Yosemite MC, double fatal
87-211 8/22 Biscayne Fatality
87-212 8/24 Biscayne Refugees
87-213 8/20 Yellowstone MVA Fatal
87-214 8/24 Shenandoah Court convictions
87-215 8/26 Blue Ridge Parkway Suicide
87-216 8/23 Cape Cod Garbage spill
87-217 8/26 Death Valley Toxic chemical fire
87-206B 8/30 Blue Ridge Parkway Assailant arrested
87-218 8/29 Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Drowning
87-219 8/30 Lake Meredith Drowning
87-220 8/31 Glacier MVA
87-221 8/26 Denali Bear drowning after drugging
87-222 9/1 Glacier Fatality: Missing hiker discovered
87-223 8/21 Yosemite Fatality MVA
87-224 9/2 Yosemite Rock slide: no injuries
87-225 9/8 Yosemite Drug bust
87-226 9/7 Acadia Armed Robbery
87-227 9/8 Natchez Trace Fatality: MVA
87-228 9/11 Mount Rainier Fatality: MVA
87-229 9/12 Grand Teton Fatality: Climbing Fall
87-217A 9/15 Death Valley Fire: Chemicals
87-230 9/15 Golden Gate MVA (NPS: Personal Injuries)
87-231 9/15 Kenai Fjords Poached Black Bear Destroyed
87-232 9/16 Cape Hatteras Drowning
87-233A 9/21 Channel Islands Boat collision
87-233B 9/21 Channel Islands Boat sinking
87-234 9/23 Gulf Islands MV Fatality
87-235 9/24 Grand Canyon MV Fatal
87-236 9/24 Yosemite Climbing Fatal
87-237 9/26 Mount Rainier Apparent Homicide
87-238 9/24 Padre Island Bust
87-239 9/28 Glen Canyon Fatality: 2 drownings
87-240 10/1 Padre Island Illegal aliens
87-241 10/4 Yosemite Fatality
87-242 10/6 Washington, D.C. Drug Seizure
87-243 10/4 Channel Islands Shipwreck plundering case
87-244 10/10 Delaware Water Gap Suicide
87-245 10/11 Acadia Fall, Fatality
87-246 10/12 New River Gorge Fall, Fatality
87-247 10/12 War in Pacific Scuba Fatal
87-248 10/2 Yellowstone Arrests
87-249 10/14 Big Cypress Accidental Shooting: Fatality
87-250 10/14 BALA Escaped Fire
87-251 10/19 Big Bend Assist other agency (marijuana)
87-252 10/18 Mount Rainier Fatal Fall
87-253 10/20 Glacier Sniping
87-254 10/21 Curecanti Fatality: MVA
87-255 10/2 Mount Rushmore Demonstration
87-256 10/28 Virgin Islands Fatality
87-257 10/29 Rocky Mountain Car clout arrests
87-258 11/4 Great Smoky Mtns Fatal (pass)
87-259 11/5 Death Valley Floods
87-260 11/8 Glen Canyon Drowning
87-261 11/8 Whiskeytown Suicide
87-262 11/7 Death Valley Employee spouse fatality
87-263 11/9 Olympic Suicide
87-253.1 10/20 Glacier Follow-up: Sniping
87-263
87-264 11/18 Yosemite Fatality
87-265 11/22 Montezuma Castle Air crash: 4 Fatalities
87-266 11/22 GWMP Hazardous explosives
87-257.1 10/29 Rocky Mountain Follow-up: Car Clout
87-267 11/27 Joshua Tree Serious climbing injury
87-268 12/4 Independence Vandalism
87-269 12/3 Amistad Fatal
87-270 12/5 Glen Canyon Double homicide: NPS assist
87-271 12/5 Yosemite Fatal
87-272 12/11 Organ Pipe Cactus Plane crash
87-273 12/11 Rock Creek Park Oil spill
87-274 12/17 Canyonlands Employee death
87-275 12/16 Fort Stanton USPP arrests
87-276 12/16 Rocky Mountain Fatal
87-277 12/16 Lake Meredith Fatal
87-268.1 12/4 Independence Follow-up: Vandalism arrest
87-278 12/21 GWMP Accident w/Fatality
87-279 12/12 Channel Islands Diving Fatality
87-280 12/22 Voyageurs Fatal
87-281 12/24 NCR-E Fatal: Car over embankment
87-282 12/22 NCR-W Fatal: Car into Potomac