Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) crashes

79 crashes involving the Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) since 1942, with 439 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 79
• Fatal crashes: 53
• Fatalities: 439
• First recorded: February 26, 1942
• Most recent: December 5, 1982

Deadliest

1. August 12, 1958: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Shimoda Chūbu, Japan (33 fatalities)
2. December 13, 1977: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana, United States (29 fatalities)
3. December 12, 1949: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jungshahi Sindh, Pakistan (26 fatalities)
4. September 20, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Maxton AFB North Carolina, United States (25 fatalities)
5. December 25, 1952: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (24 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (23)
• Brazil (8)
• Colombia (6)
• India (6)
• China (3)
• France (3)
• Italy (3)
• Mexico (3)
• Myanmar (3)
• Egypt (2)
• International waters and airspace (2)
• Pakistan (2)

Years

• 1943 (22)
• 1944 (7)
• 1942 (6)
• 1981 (5)
• 1957 (3)
• 1960 (3)
• 1945 (2)
• 1946 (2)
• 1947 (2)
• 1948 (2)
• 1951 (2)
• 1955 (2)

All crashes

• December 5, 1982: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope), California, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 5, 1982: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope), California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• July 25, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Carurú, Vaupés, Colombia (4 fatalities)
• July 25, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Carurú, Vaupés, Colombia (4 fatalities)
• April 21, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (4 fatalities)
• December 5, 1978: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Sebring Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
• December 13, 1977: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana, United States (29 fatalities)
• March 25, 1977: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
• December 29, 1973: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Đà Lạt Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
• November 23, 1973: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Venice Veneto, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 21, 1972: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pivijay Magdalena, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• April 14, 1969: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Santa Isabel do Rio Negro-Tapuruquara Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• June 7, 1968: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Frontón Island Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• January 22, 1965: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Porto Velho Rondônia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• January 21, 1965: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), San Jose Occidental Mindoro, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• February 4, 1962: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Tingo María Huánuco, Peru (18 fatalities)
• March 15, 1961: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Ponta Grossa Paraná, Brazil (3 fatalities)
• September 28, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Juchitepec Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (8 fatalities)
• April 12, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (10 fatalities)
• February 7, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Marathon Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 22, 1959: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• November 22, 1959: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), São Filipe (Ilha do Fogo), Cabo Verde (0 fatalities)
• August 12, 1958: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Shimoda Chūbu, Japan (33 fatalities)
• June 4, 1958: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia-Shepherd Field West Virginia, United States (1 fatality)
• September 15, 1957: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), New Bedford Massachusetts, United States (12 fatalities)
• August 20, 1957: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Assam State Assam, India (8 fatalities)
• March 18, 1957: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Sayari Cochabamba, Bolivia (19 fatalities)
• March 15, 1955: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Nairobi-Eastleigh (Moi Air Base) Nairobi City District, Kenya (0 fatalities)
• March 6, 1955: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Vitória da Conquista Bahia, Brazil (5 fatalities)
• March 25, 1954: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Monterrey-Del Norte Nuevo León, Mexico (18 fatalities)
• December 25, 1952: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (24 fatalities)
• November 19, 1951: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cairo Cairo, Egypt (5 fatalities)
• March 22, 1951: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Florianópolis Santa Catarina, Brazil (3 fatalities)
• December 12, 1949: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jungshahi Sindh, Pakistan (26 fatalities)
• March 13, 1948: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Sierra Cristais Minas Gerais, Brazil (6 fatalities)
• February 12, 1948: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Ulrichstein Hesse, Germany (12 fatalities)
• November 13, 1947: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jammu Jammu and Kashmir, India (0 fatalities)
• January 22, 1947: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Puerto Araujo Santander, Colombia (17 fatalities)
• November 19, 1946: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Gauli Glacier Bern, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
• November 11, 1946: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cleveland Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 22, 1945: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jacksonville Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• May 6, 1945: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Jarny Meurthe-et-Moselle, France (3 fatalities)
• November 30, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Dinjan Assam, India (3 fatalities)
• November 1, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cambrai Nord, France (0 fatalities)
• June 6, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Bayeux Calvados, France (0 fatalities)
• June 6, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), English Channel, World (0 fatalities)
• March 24, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
• February 28, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Maxton AFB North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
• January 13, 1944: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Ossoms Hill Staffordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hyannis Nebraska, United States (5 fatalities)
• November 19, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Kunming Yunnan, China (2 fatalities)
• September 29, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Alliance Nebraska, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 22, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Calcutta West Bengal, India (20 fatalities)
• September 20, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Maxton AFB North Carolina, United States (25 fatalities)
• September 5, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Sedalia AFB Missouri, United States (11 fatalities)
• August 27, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Garland North Carolina, United States (4 fatalities)
• August 11, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Fort Hertz Kachin State, Myanmar (3 fatalities)
• July 27, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 19, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Malcolm Nebraska, United States (13 fatalities)
• July 17, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Grenada AFB Mississippi, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 13, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Catania Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• July 10, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hemingford Nebraska, United States (4 fatalities)
• July 9, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Gela Sicily, Italy (4 fatalities)
• May 27, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Half Assini Western, Ghana (0 fatalities)
• May 26, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Karachi Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
• May 3, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Brookley AFB (Mobile) Alabama, United States (3 fatalities)
• April 7, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pang Nagaland, India (1 fatality)
• March 13, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Fort Hertz Kachin State, Myanmar (3 fatalities)
• March 11, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Luishui Yunnan, China (3 fatalities)
• February 23, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Beni Suef Beni Suef, Egypt (5 fatalities)
• January 31, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Putao Kachin State, Myanmar (6 fatalities)
• December 16, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Blythe California, United States (8 fatalities)
• November 5, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Greenland (0 fatalities)
• October 10, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Dinjan Assam, India (0 fatalities)
• September 16, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pope AFB (Fayetteville) North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 15, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Peru Massachusetts, United States (16 fatalities)
• February 26, 1942: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Truscott AFB Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)