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

All crashes (page 11 of 42)

July 10, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tabuk Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1972: Douglas DC-3, Kompong Som Kampong Thom, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Las Palmas-Gando (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, Spain (10 fatalities)
July 2, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kulusuk Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1972: Douglas DC-8, New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (86 fatalities)
June 13, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Compostela Nayarit, Mexico (4 fatalities)
May 30, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Fort Worth-Greater Southwest (Amon Carter Field) Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
May 18, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 8, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cuchivero Bolívar, Venezuela (6 fatalities)
May 5, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (115 fatalities)
May 3, 1972: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Paramaribo Paramaribo City District, Suriname (11 fatalities)
April 20, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moyobamba San Martín, Peru (6 fatalities)
April 11, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Madang Madang, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1972: Douglas DC-6, Ponta Pelada AFB, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 24, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lake Charles Louisiana, United States (4 fatalities)
March 19, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (30 fatalities)
March 14, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Sangay Morona Santiago, Ecuador (6 fatalities)
February 15, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Spain (0 fatalities)
February 11, 1972: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Laos (23 fatalities)
February 10, 1972: Douglas DC-3, Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh (5 fatalities)
February 1, 1972: Douglas DC-6, Tegal Central Java, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
January 26, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Česká Kamenice Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic (27 fatalities)
January 21, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt San Nicolás Antioquia, Colombia (39 fatalities)
January 20, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Adana-Şakirpaşa Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (1 fatality)
January 5, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Norman Wells Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dominican Republic (7 fatalities)
December 21, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Ban Boum Champasak Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
December 17, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kargong-Mechuka Jammu and Kashmir, India (5 fatalities)
November 3, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Nevado de Santa Isabel Tolima, Colombia (3 fatalities)
November 2, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paulatuk Northwest Territories, Canada (8 fatalities)
October 23, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quy Nhơn Bình Định Province, Vietnam (22 fatalities)
October 22, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Nice-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes, France (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina (3 fatalities)
October 17, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá, Colombia (19 fatalities)
October 2, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Sint Maarten Dutch Antilles, Dutch Antilles (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Sena Madureira Acre, Brazil (32 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Douglas C-9A Nightingale, Scott AFB (Belleville) Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rajince Southern and Eastern Serbia, Serbia (5 fatalities)
September 12, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt de Hojas Manabí, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (2 fatalities)
September 6, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Townsville Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), India (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villa Reynolds San Luis, Argentina (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bamako Bamako City District, Mali (6 fatalities)
July 16, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Windsor Locks-Bradley Connecticut, United States (0 fatalities)
June 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Las Palmas-Gando (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, Spain (3 fatalities)
June 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ban Huoeisay (Houei Sai) Bokèo Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shelter Cove California, United States (17 fatalities)
June 17, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Putre Región de Arica y Parinacota, Chile (6 fatalities)
June 13, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shiraz Fars, Iran (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1971: Douglas DC-9, Duarte California, United States (49 fatalities)
June 3, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Southend Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Somerset Island Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son, Thailand (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1971: Douglas A-26 Invader, Springerville Arizona, United States (1 fatality)
April 28, 1971: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Ponta Pelada AFB, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (16 fatalities)
April 25, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cheyenne Wyoming, United States (5 fatalities)
April 15, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Basa AFB (Floridablanca) Pampanga, Philippines (40 fatalities)
April 6, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Nairobi-Wilson Nairobi City District, Kenya (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tortola-Terrance B. Lettsome, British Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
March 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Colombia (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hasimara West Bengal, India (15 fatalities)
March 26, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Red Devil Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
March 11, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Lubbock Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
March 2, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ecuador (0 fatalities)
February 28, 1971: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Sarh Moyen-Chari, Chad (0 fatalities)
February 19, 1971: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Santander, Colombia (6 fatalities)
February 19, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Houston-C.R.C. Crose Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
February 19, 1971: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Huayca Lima, Peru (6 fatalities)
February 14, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phnom Penh-Pochentong Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2 fatalities)
February 14, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Shawnee Oklahoma, United States (0 fatalities)
January 21, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Santander, Colombia (7 fatalities)
January 4, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1970: Douglas DC-3, Lusaka Lusaka City District, Zambia (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1970: Douglas DC-6, Málaga Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Guachanama Loja, Ecuador (8 fatalities)
December 6, 1970: Douglas DC-3, Mt Turrialba Cartago (East Central Valley), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New Delhi-Safdarjung National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (5 fatalities)
December 4, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Turrialba Cartago (East Central Valley), Costa Rica (6 fatalities)
November 27, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (47 fatalities)
November 16, 1970: Douglas DC-6, Córdoba AFB Córdoba, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1970: Douglas DC-9, Huntington-Tri-State-Milton J. Ferguson West Virginia, United States (75 fatalities)
November 6, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paraparaumu-Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1970: Douglas DC-6, Kerkyra Ionian Islands, Greece (0 fatalities)
October 7, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Canada (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Johannesburg-Rand Gauteng, South Africa (3 fatalities)
October 2, 1970: Douglas DC-7, Madrid-Barajas Madrid, Spain (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1970: Douglas DC-3, Anchorage-Merrill Field Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
September 30, 1970: Douglas DC-3, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
September 15, 1970: Douglas DC-8, New York-JFK New York, United States (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1970: Douglas DC-8, New York-JFK New York, United States (11 fatalities)
August 26, 1970: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Mt Pavlof Alaska, United States (7 fatalities)
August 22, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ilhéus Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1970: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Homestead AFB Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1970: Douglas DC-8, Naha Okinawa, Japan (4 fatalities)
July 26, 1970: Douglas DC-7, Abidjan Lagunes, Ivory Coast (0 fatalities)
July 23, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Long Tieng Vientiane Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
July 17, 1970: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vietnam (1 fatality)
July 14, 1970: Douglas DC-3, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)