Douglas DC-4 crashes

83 crashes involving the Douglas DC-4 since 1946, with 1,162 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 83
• Fatal crashes: 48
• Fatalities: 1,162
• First recorded: June 25, 1946
• Most recent: October 10, 2020

Deadliest

1. August 11, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Issoudun Quebec, Canada (79 fatalities)
2. April 4, 1974: Douglas DC-4, Gaborone-Seretse Khama South-East District, Botswana (78 fatalities)
3. October 6, 1955: Douglas DC-4, Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming, United States (66 fatalities)
4. December 8, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Bolívar Buenos Aires province, Argentina (61 fatalities)
5. February 5, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (59 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (16)
• Colombia (8)
• Canada (7)
• Brazil (4)
• Australia (3)
• Chad (3)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (3)
• Bahrain (2)
• Congo (2)
• Mexico (2)
• Netherlands (2)
• Turks and Caicos Islands (2)

Years

• 1948 (6)
• 1951 (6)
• 1960 (6)
• 1947 (5)
• 1950 (5)
• 1957 (5)
• 1946 (4)
• 1961 (4)
• 1964 (4)
• 1981 (4)
• 1952 (3)
• 1959 (3)

All crashes

• October 10, 2020: Douglas DC-4, Yakataga, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 22, 1989: Douglas DC-4, N'Djamena, N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (0 fatalities)
• November 22, 1989: Douglas DC-4, N'Djamena, N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (0 fatalities)
• August 23, 1988: Douglas DC-4, Brazzaville, Brazzaville City District, Congo (5 fatalities)
• August 23, 1988: Douglas DC-4, Brazzaville, Brazzaville City District, Congo, Republic of the Congo (5 fatalities)
• June 16, 1987: Douglas DC-4, Hidden Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
• June 16, 1987: Douglas DC-4, Hidden Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
• January 31, 1985: Douglas DC-4, Cockburn Harbour, Turks and Caicos Islands (0 fatalities)
• December 2, 1981: Douglas DC-4, Spence Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 2, 1981: Douglas DC-4, Spence Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
• August 11, 1981: Douglas DC-4, Neiva, Huila, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• August 11, 1981: Douglas DC-4, Neiva, Huila, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• May 18, 1979: Douglas DC-4, San Cristóbal de Las Casas Chiapas, Mexico (10 fatalities)
• October 17, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Valledupar Cesar, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• April 18, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos Islands (0 fatalities)
• January 29, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Faya-Largeau Borkou, Chad (0 fatalities)
• July 16, 1975: Douglas DC-4, Arauca-Santiago Pérez Quiroz Arauca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• June 30, 1975: Douglas DC-4, Tame Arauca, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• July 24, 1974: Douglas DC-4, El Libano Santander, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• April 7, 1974: Douglas DC-4, Gemena Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• April 4, 1974: Douglas DC-4, Gaborone-Seretse Khama South-East District, Botswana (78 fatalities)
• December 31, 1969: Douglas DC-4, Nueva Loja-Lago Agrio Sucumbíos, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• March 8, 1969: Douglas DC-4, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
• July 19, 1967: Douglas DC-4, Antananarivo-Ivato Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (42 fatalities)
• April 11, 1967: Douglas DC-4, Tamanrasset Tamanrasset, Algeria (35 fatalities)
• September 22, 1966: Douglas DC-4, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
• November 29, 1964: Douglas DC-4, Kisangani Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo (6 fatalities)
• April 4, 1964: Douglas DC-4, Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• March 10, 1964: Douglas DC-4, Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States (3 fatalities)
• February 6, 1964: Douglas DC-4, Calverton New York, United States (6 fatalities)
• May 5, 1963: Douglas DC-4, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• July 9, 1962: Douglas DC-4, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (6 fatalities)
• January 21, 1962: Douglas DC-4, Muscat Muscat Governorate, Oman (0 fatalities)
• November 14, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 19, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Dublin Leinster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
• August 4, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Rasht Gilan, Iran (0 fatalities)
• May 24, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Brisbane Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
• September 3, 1960: Douglas DC-4, El Badary Asyut, Egypt (0 fatalities)
• September 1, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Mpouya Plateaux, Congo (0 fatalities)
• May 15, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Tora Tonga South Darfur, Sudan (12 fatalities)
• April 14, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (18 fatalities)
• March 8, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Jérez del Marquesado Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
• February 5, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (59 fatalities)
• November 21, 1959: Douglas DC-4, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (24 fatalities)
• September 12, 1959: Douglas DC-4, Mercedes Ocotepeque, Honduras (3 fatalities)
• June 23, 1959: Douglas DC-4, Cerro Baco Ancash, Peru (14 fatalities)
• August 11, 1958: Douglas DC-4, Belém Pará, Brazil (10 fatalities)
• February 1, 1958: Douglas DC-4, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (5 fatalities)
• December 8, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Bolívar Buenos Aires province, Argentina (61 fatalities)
• September 30, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan (0 fatalities)
• August 11, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Issoudun Quebec, Canada (79 fatalities)
• April 18, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 22, 1957: Douglas DC-4, Detroit-Willow Run (Ypsilanti) Michigan, United States (1 fatality)
• October 6, 1955: Douglas DC-4, Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming, United States (66 fatalities)
• December 6, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Saint George's, Bermuda (37 fatalities)
• October 16, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
• April 11, 1952: Douglas DC-4, San Juan, Puerto Rico (52 fatalities)
• December 14, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
• November 24, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Zurich Zurich, Switzerland (6 fatalities)
• April 25, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Key West Florida, United States (39 fatalities)
• March 11, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Hong Kong Hong Kong, China (24 fatalities)
• February 3, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Mt Cameroun Southwest, Cameroon (29 fatalities)
• January 14, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States (7 fatalities)
• December 13, 1950: Douglas DC-4, Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• June 26, 1950: Douglas DC-4, York Western Australia, Australia (29 fatalities)
• June 23, 1950: Douglas DC-4, Lake Michigan Michigan, United States (58 fatalities)
• June 14, 1950: Douglas DC-4, Bahrain (40 fatalities)
• June 12, 1950: Douglas DC-4, Bahrain (46 fatalities)
• September 3, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (0 fatalities)
• July 12, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
• June 16, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
• May 12, 1948: Douglas DC-4, 27 km south of Libenge, Democratic Republic of Congo (31 fatalities)
• April 10, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Kano Kano, Nigeria (1 fatality)
• March 10, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (12 fatalities)
• October 26, 1947: Douglas DC-4, Mt Hymettus Attica, Greece (44 fatalities)
• October 26, 1947: Douglas DC-4, Annette Island Alaska, United States (18 fatalities)
• September 20, 1947: Douglas DC-4, Floyd Bennett Field New York, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 29, 1947: Douglas DC-4, New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (43 fatalities)
• February 15, 1947: Douglas DC-4, Mt El Tablazo en Supatá Cundinamarca, Colombia (53 fatalities)
• December 24, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Los Angeles California, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 8, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Cheyenne Wyoming, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 18, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (27 fatalities)
• June 25, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Mexico City Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)