Douglas DC-2 crashes

68 crashes involving the Douglas DC-2 since 1934, with 281 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 68
Fatal crashes: 34
Fatalities: 281
First recorded: December 20, 1934
Most recent: July 20, 1961

Deadliest

July 14, 1955: Douglas DC-2, Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico (22 fatalities)
October 25, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Melbourne Victoria, Australia (18 fatalities)
January 14, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Goodwin Arkansas, United States (17 fatalities)
August 11, 1945: Douglas DC-2, Mt Iztaccíhuatl Puebla, Mexico (16 fatalities)
July 28, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (15 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1942 (10)
1936 (9)
1937 (7)
1941 (7)
1935 (5)
1938 (5)
1940 (3)
1944 (3)
1946 (3)
1939 (2)
1947 (2)
1949 (2)

All crashes

July 20, 1961: Douglas DC-2, Río Grande Oaxaca, Mexico (3 fatalities)
July 14, 1955: Douglas DC-2, Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico (22 fatalities)
December 2, 1954: Douglas DC-2, Villa Harding Green Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1952: Douglas DC-2, Kosti White Nile, Sudan (2 fatalities)
November 27, 1951: Douglas DC-2, San Luis Acatlán Guerrero, Mexico (13 fatalities)
February 7, 1951: Douglas DC-2, Helsinki-Malmi Uusimaa, Finland (0 fatalities)
March 29, 1949: Douglas DC-2, Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 16, 1949: Douglas DC-2, Kerowagi Simbu (Chimbu), Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
May 9, 1948: Douglas DC-2, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
February 5, 1947: Douglas DC-2, Lagoa Santa Goiás, Brazil (0 fatalities)
January 1, 1947: Douglas DC-2, Nashville Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
October 3, 1946: Douglas DC-2, Luqa, Malta (0 fatalities)
April 11, 1946: Douglas DC-2, Spain (0 fatalities)
March 1, 1946: Douglas DC-2, Medellín Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1945: Douglas DC-2, Mt Iztaccíhuatl Puebla, Mexico (16 fatalities)
February 11, 1944: Douglas DC-2, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
February 3, 1944: Douglas DC-2, Barcelona Catalonia, Spain (8 fatalities)
January 26, 1944: Douglas DC-2, Poland (0 fatalities)
January 8, 1943: Douglas DC-2, Cooktown Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Lima Lima, Peru (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Morrison AFB (Palm Beach) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Mallacoota Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Lahore Punjab, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 14, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (5 fatalities)
June 15, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Parkes New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Kolar Karnataka, India (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Kunming Yunnan, China (13 fatalities)
February 19, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Zhengzhou-Xinzheng Henan, China (1 fatality)
January 28, 1942: Douglas DC-2, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Hamata Red Sea, World (1 fatality)
October 23, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Karachi Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Freetown-Hastings Western Area, Sierra Leone (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Banjul Banjul City District, Gambia (3 fatalities)
February 12, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Taohsien Hunan, China (3 fatalities)
January 31, 1941: Douglas DC-2, Miramar NAS (San Diego) California, United States (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Changyi Yunnan, China (9 fatalities)
August 9, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Lämershagen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 fatalities)
April 3, 1940: Douglas DC-2, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1939: Douglas DC-2, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States (8 fatalities)
January 7, 1939: Douglas DC-2, Senlis Oise, France (5 fatalities)
October 25, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Melbourne Victoria, Australia (18 fatalities)
October 18, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Montgomery Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Wangmoon Guangdong, China (14 fatalities)
July 19, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Argentina (4 fatalities)
March 1, 1938: Douglas DC-2, Wawona California, United States (9 fatalities)
November 23, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Petrich Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (6 fatalities)
August 23, 1937: Douglas DC-2, San Luis San Luis, Argentina (3 fatalities)
August 10, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Daytona Beach Florida, United States (4 fatalities)
August 6, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Bistriţa Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania (6 fatalities)
July 28, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (15 fatalities)
March 25, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Clifton Pennsylvania, United States (13 fatalities)
February 18, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Atlanta Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Chengdu Sichuan, China (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Milford Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
December 9, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (15 fatalities)
October 10, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala, Guatemala (3 fatalities)
May 31, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Chicago Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Zwolle Overijssel, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
April 7, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Fairchance Pennsylvania, United States (12 fatalities)
February 28, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Zurich Zurich, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
January 14, 1936: Douglas DC-2, Goodwin Arkansas, United States (17 fatalities)
October 6, 1935: Douglas DC-2, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (3 fatalities)
August 3, 1935: Douglas DC-2, Albuquerque New Mexico, United States (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1935: Douglas DC-2, Mesocco Graubünden, Switzerland (13 fatalities)
July 17, 1935: Douglas DC-2, Bushehr Bushehr, Iran (0 fatalities)
May 6, 1935: Douglas DC-2, Atlanta Missouri, United States (5 fatalities)
December 20, 1934: Douglas DC-2, Ruţbah Wells Al-Anbar, Iraq (7 fatalities)