Douglas DC-3 crashes

442 crashes involving the Douglas DC-3 since 1937, with 2,809 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 442
Fatal crashes: 272
Fatalities: 2,809
First recorded: February 9, 1937
Most recent: July 8, 2021

All crashes (page 3 of 5)

July 3, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Mt Ngatamahinerua Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand (23 fatalities)
June 3, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Pathankot Punjab, India (29 fatalities)
May 12, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Az Zahawiyyin Qalyubia, Egypt (34 fatalities)
May 10, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Sendai Tōhoku, Japan (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Hachijō-jima, Japan (0 fatalities)
March 29, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Kasongo Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1963: Douglas DC-3, Herzogenaurach Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Cagayán de Oro-Lumbia Misamis Oriental, Philippines (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Barrancabermeja Santander, Colombia (19 fatalities)
July 30, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne, France (5 fatalities)
May 15, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (3 fatalities)
March 3, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Nanuque Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Sentinel Ridge, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Kamina Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Mt Arenal Alajuela (Center-North), Costa Rica (2 fatalities)
April 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Bluefield-Mercer County West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1960: Douglas DC-3, Mt Baco Occidental Mindoro, Philippines (33 fatalities)
August 15, 1960: Douglas DC-3, Entebbe Central, Uganda (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Puebla-Hermanos Serdán-Huejotzingo Puebla, Mexico (7 fatalities)
October 26, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Santa Maria California, United States (1 fatality)
September 15, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Cape Hallett, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1959: Douglas DC-3, San Isidro de El General San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (1 fatality)
February 1, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Kerrville Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
January 8, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Mt Holston Tennessee, United States (10 fatalities)
April 10, 1958: Douglas DC-3, Palma de Mallorca Balearic Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
March 22, 1958: Douglas DC-3, Bacolod Negros Occidental, Philippines (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1958: Douglas DC-3, Hato Apure, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
January 8, 1958: Douglas DC-3, Poitiers Vienne, France (0 fatalities)
January 3, 1958: Douglas DC-3, Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1957: Douglas DC-3, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1957: Douglas DC-3, Niquitao Trujillo, Venezuela (8 fatalities)
June 23, 1957: Douglas DC-3, Port Hardy British Columbia, Canada (14 fatalities)
January 23, 1957: Douglas DC-3, Mt Concepción (Ometepe Island) Rivas, Nicaragua (16 fatalities)
January 19, 1957: Douglas DC-3, New York-Idlewild New York, United States (1 fatality)
October 19, 1956: Douglas DC-3, Agartala Tripura, India (3 fatalities)
February 16, 1956: Douglas DC-3, Najran Najran, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Burbank California, United States (3 fatalities)
August 26, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo, Brazil (13 fatalities)
March 18, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Beauvais-Tillé Oise, France (9 fatalities)
March 8, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Talpa de Allende Jalisco, Mexico (26 fatalities)
November 30, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Berlin New Hampshire, United States (2 fatalities)
November 16, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Mt Jirishanca Ancash, Peru (24 fatalities)
October 21, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 fatalities)
August 12, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
August 8, 1954: Douglas DC-3, McGrath Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
May 22, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Paraparaumu-Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
January 20, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Kansas City Kansas, United States (3 fatalities)
January 2, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Herat Herat, Afghanistan (21 fatalities)
November 3, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Tarabuco Chuquisaca, Bolivia (28 fatalities)
October 19, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico (21 fatalities)
June 29, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Los Angeles California, United States (1 fatality)
May 17, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Marshall Texas, United States (19 fatalities)
April 14, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Cedar Falls Washington, United States (7 fatalities)
January 1, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Spernall Warwickshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Dahr el-Kadib Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan), Lebanon (9 fatalities)
November 30, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Vřesovice South Moravian Region, Czech Republic (5 fatalities)
October 5, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Skvoritsy Leningrad oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
September 11, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (3 fatalities)
August 31, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Tampico-General Francisco Javier Mina Tamaulipas, Mexico (3 fatalities)
May 9, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Malacca Strait, World (17 fatalities)
March 29, 1952: Douglas DC-3, San Felipe Yaracuy, Venezuela (12 fatalities)
February 28, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Uberlândia Minas Gerais, Brazil (8 fatalities)
December 4, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (3 fatalities)
August 11, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Moisville Eure, France (5 fatalities)
July 24, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Gao Gao, Mali (3 fatalities)
June 6, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
April 28, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Fort Wayne Indiana, United States (11 fatalities)
April 9, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (16 fatalities)
March 2, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Sioux City Iowa, United States (16 fatalities)
November 25, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Holguín Holguín, Cuba (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Mt Moran Wyoming, United States (21 fatalities)
November 4, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Vitória da Conquista Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Utica New York, United States (16 fatalities)
June 30, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Elorza Apure, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
June 9, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Fonseca La Guajira, Colombia (15 fatalities)
February 16, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Cotonou-Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (ex Cadjehoun) Littoral, Benin (0 fatalities)
January 24, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Iloilo City Iloilo, Philippines (4 fatalities)
January 18, 1950: Douglas DC-3, Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Orizaba Veracruz, Mexico (17 fatalities)
December 12, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Washington DC District of Columbia, United States (6 fatalities)
October 10, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico (8 fatalities)
September 26, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Mt Popocatépetl Puebla, Mexico (24 fatalities)
July 30, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Chesterfield-Spirit of St Louis New Jersey, United States (16 fatalities)
June 13, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Israel (0 fatalities)
February 18, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Bitola Pelagonia, Macedonia (2 fatalities)
February 10, 1949: Douglas DC-3, Paiyang Guizhou, China (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Mangalore Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Gulf of Mexico All, World (32 fatalities)
December 12, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (2 fatalities)
September 20, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Burlington Vermont, United States (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cuba (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Miami Florida, United States (10 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Ciudad Serdán Puebla, Mexico (14 fatalities)
May 17, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cebu City Cebu, Philippines (0 fatalities)
March 8, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Mt Hamilton California, United States (2 fatalities)
March 2, 1948: Douglas DC-3, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (20 fatalities)
February 23, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Mati Davao Oriental, Philippines (12 fatalities)
February 10, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Ciudad del Carmen Campeche, Mexico (1 fatality)
January 21, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Iloilo City Iloilo, Philippines (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Guaymas Sonora, Mexico (0 fatalities)