Douglas plane crashes

4,149 crashes involving Douglas aircraft since 1926, with 31,981 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 4,149
Fatal crashes: 2,593
Fatalities: 31,981
First recorded: April 19, 1926
Most recent: September 8, 2026

Deadliest

March 3, 1974: Douglas DC-10, Ermenonville Oise, France (346 fatalities)
May 25, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (273 fatalities)
July 11, 1991: Douglas DC-8, Jeddah-King Abdulaziz, Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (261 fatalities)
November 28, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Ross Island, Antarctica (257 fatalities)
December 12, 1985: Douglas DC-8, Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (256 fatalities)

Models

Countries

Years

1945 (297)
1944 (260)
1951 (193)
1946 (181)
1950 (164)
1943 (163)
1948 (137)
1947 (133)
1952 (119)
1949 (102)
1961 (80)
1954 (76)

All crashes (page 1 of 42)

September 8, 2026: Douglas DC-8, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
April 23, 2024: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
July 8, 2021: Douglas DC-3, Restrepo, Meta, Colombia (3 fatalities)
October 10, 2020: Douglas DC-4, Yakataga, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 18, 2019: Douglas DC-3, Nassau-Lynden Pindling, New Providence, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
August 1, 2019: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Candle, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
March 9, 2019: Douglas DC-3, Finca La Bendición, Meta, Colombia (14 fatalities)
January 21, 2019: Douglas DC-3, Kidron-Stoltzfus, Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
July 21, 2018: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Burnet, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
July 11, 2018: Douglas DC-3, San Felipe, Guainía, Colombia (0 fatalities)
October 28, 2016: Douglas DC-10, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 6, 2016: Douglas DC-3, Puerto Gaitán, Casanare, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 8, 2014: Douglas DC-3, San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, Colombia (5 fatalities)
January 18, 2014: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 19, 2013: Douglas DC-3, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 5, 2012: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (11 fatalities)
March 22, 2012: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
September 26, 2011: Douglas DC-9, Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
June 12, 2011: Douglas DC-6, Cold Bay (ex Fort Randall AAF & Thornbrough AFB), Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
June 19, 2010: Douglas DC-3, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 17, 2009: Douglas DC-3, Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Metro Manila, Philippines (4 fatalities)
May 6, 2009: Douglas DC-10, Baltimore-Washington-Thurgood Marshall, Maryland, United States (0 fatalities)
April 26, 2009: Douglas DC-3, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
February 4, 2009: Douglas DC-3, Mojave-Air and Space Port (Kern County), California, United States (0 fatalities)
July 6, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (1 fatality)
April 15, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (40 fatalities)
February 12, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
February 4, 2007: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
January 17, 2007: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Nenana, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 28, 2006: Douglas DC-10, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
July 19, 2006: Douglas DC-3, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
June 4, 2006: Douglas DC-10, Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes, Managua City District, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
February 8, 2006: Douglas DC-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
January 5, 2006: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 10, 2005: Douglas DC-9, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (108 fatalities)
July 1, 2005: Douglas DC-10, Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh (0 fatalities)
June 19, 2005: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kalima, Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
June 13, 2005: Douglas DC-3, Fort Lauderdale-Executive, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
June 6, 2005: Douglas DC-3, Miraflores, Boyacá, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 10, 2005: Douglas DC-9, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (0 fatalities)
October 15, 2004: Douglas DC-3, Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera, Antioquia, Colombia (3 fatalities)
August 12, 2004: Douglas A-26 Invader, Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 21, 2004: Douglas DC-9, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
June 21, 2004: Douglas DC-3, Las Gaviotas, Casanare, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 7, 2004: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Ganes Creek, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
April 28, 2004: Douglas DC-10, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
December 18, 2003: Douglas DC-9, Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley, Vaupés, Colombia (3 fatalities)
December 18, 2003: Douglas DC-10, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
August 2, 2003: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Ulu, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 13, 2002: Douglas DC-8, Singapore-Changi, Singapore (0 fatalities)
October 31, 2002: Douglas DC-9, Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 28, 2002: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Diavik, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 14, 2002: Douglas DC-9, Neiva, Huila, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 21, 2002: Douglas DC-3, Laredo, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
February 28, 2002: Douglas DC-8, Singapore-Changi, Singapore (0 fatalities)
September 25, 2001: Douglas DC-6, Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
April 4, 2001: Douglas DC-3, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
March 15, 2001: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Donalsonville, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
January 31, 2001: Douglas DC-6, Donlin Creek, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
January 25, 2001: Douglas DC-3, Ciudad Bolívar-Tomás de Heres, Bolívar, Venezuela (24 fatalities)
January 23, 2001: Douglas DC-3, Unalaska, Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
November 29, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
November 13, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Conakry-Gbessia, Conakry Region, Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 6, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Reynosa-General Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 fatalities)
September 26, 2000: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
August 8, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
July 20, 2000: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas (2 fatalities)
June 29, 2000: Douglas A-26 Invader, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 30, 2000: Douglas DC-10, Entebbe, Central, Uganda (0 fatalities)
March 17, 2000: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ennadai Lake, Nunavut, Canada (2 fatalities)
February 16, 2000: Douglas DC-8, Sacramento-Mather, California, United States (3 fatalities)
February 3, 2000: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1999: Douglas DC-10, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (18 fatalities)
November 10, 1999: Douglas DC-3, La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia (5 fatalities)
November 9, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Uruapan-General Ignacio López Rayón, Michoacán, Mexico (18 fatalities)
October 16, 1999: Douglas DC-8, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Nashville, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1999: Douglas C-117 Skytrain, Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1999: Douglas DC-6, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (4 fatalities)
March 18, 1999: Douglas DC-3, Tame, Arauca, Colombia (8 fatalities)
February 8, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Moscow-Vnukovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1999: Douglas DC-3, Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)
November 1, 1998: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quetzaltenango-Los Altos, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (11 fatalities)
October 2, 1998: Douglas DC-3, Canaima, Bolívar, Venezuela (1 fatality)
August 24, 1998: Douglas DC-3, Pretoria-Wonderboom, Gauteng, South Africa (1 fatality)
May 24, 1998: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Point McKenzie, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
February 3, 1998: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), George Town, Exuma, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
February 2, 1998: Douglas DC-9, Mt Sumagaya, Misamis Oriental, Philippines (104 fatalities)
January 2, 1998: Douglas DC-6, Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1997: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1997: Douglas DC-3, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Nuevo Berlin, Río Negro, Uruguay (74 fatalities)
August 7, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Miami-Intl, Florida, United States (5 fatalities)
April 12, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast (0 fatalities)
February 1, 1997: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bronson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Narrows, Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
December 17, 1996: Douglas DC-8, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
December 9, 1996: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Boise, Idaho, United States (2 fatalities)