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 13 of 42)

January 6, 1969: Douglas DC-3, Thailand (55 fatalities)
January 2, 1969: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Paku Pingtung County, Taiwan (24 fatalities)
December 31, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Soto la Marina Tamaulipas, Mexico (26 fatalities)
December 27, 1968: Douglas DC-9, Sioux City Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ponta Grossa Paraná, Brazil (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1968: Douglas DC-3, Ensenada Baja California, Mexico (12 fatalities)
December 24, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nairobi-Wilson Nairobi City District, Kenya (3 fatalities)
December 13, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Biên Hòa Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1968: Douglas DC-7, Uli Anambra, Nigeria (4 fatalities)
November 29, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lloa Pichincha, Ecuador (2 fatalities)
November 7, 1968: Douglas DC-6, Mar del Plata Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Zambales Zambales, Philippines (11 fatalities)
November 6, 1968: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tafelberg Sipaliwini, Suriname (3 fatalities)
October 25, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Klawock Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Buôn Ma Thuột Đắk Lắk Province, Vietnam (23 fatalities)
October 20, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Feijó Acre, Brazil (19 fatalities)
September 28, 1968: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Port Harcourt Rivers, Nigeria (58 fatalities)
September 27, 1968: Douglas DC-7, Cherry Point MCAS (Cunningham Field) North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Teterboro New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1968: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Trabzon Black Sea Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1968: Douglas DC-8, Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (12 fatalities)
July 28, 1968: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Recife Pernambuco, Brazil (10 fatalities)
July 13, 1968: Douglas A-26 Invader, Iquique-General Diego Aracena Región de Tarapacá, Chile (2 fatalities)
July 2, 1968: Douglas DC-7, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1968: Douglas A-26 Invader, Show Low Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1968: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Frontón Island Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 22, 1968: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bedford-Laurence G. Hanscom Field Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pleiku Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (7 fatalities)
May 5, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pleiku Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
April 28, 1968: Douglas DC-8, Atlantic City New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Trinidad Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1968: Douglas DC-3, Villa del Carbón México, Mexico (18 fatalities)
April 8, 1968: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Coyhaique Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile (36 fatalities)
March 22, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gia Nghĩa Đắk Nông Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
March 21, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mueda Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (3 fatalities)
March 16, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tacna Tacna, Peru (4 fatalities)
March 11, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ben Het Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
March 9, 1968: Douglas DC-6, Saint-Denis La Réunion, La Reunion (19 fatalities)
March 6, 1968: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Hickam AFB Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1968: Douglas A-26 Invader, Apiay AFB (Villavicencio) Meta, Colombia (2 fatalities)
February 29, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Statesville North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
February 24, 1968: Douglas DC-3, Ban Napa Oudômxai Province, Laos (37 fatalities)
February 18, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phan Rang Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam (8 fatalities)
January 20, 1968: Douglas DC-7, Munich-Riem Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
January 20, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
January 17, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lagos Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1968: Douglas DC-3, Zifta Gharbia, Egypt (4 fatalities)
January 10, 1968: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Tobin Nevada, United States (19 fatalities)
January 9, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (1 fatality)
January 8, 1968: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sankt Florian Upper Austria, Austria (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1967: Douglas A-26 Invader, Ban Phoukachgi Savannakhét Province, Laos (3 fatalities)
December 25, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand (4 fatalities)
December 23, 1967: Douglas DC-6, Göteborg-Torslanda Västergötland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
December 13, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nakhon Phanom Nakhon Phanom, Thailand (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1967: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Huánuco Huánuco, Peru (72 fatalities)
December 7, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Muong Soui Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (10 fatalities)
November 22, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Reyes La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas, Mexico (5 fatalities)
October 24, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Vietnam (16 fatalities)
October 14, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Palawan Palawan, Philippines (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Huế Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam (7 fatalities)
August 21, 1967: Douglas DC-3, South China Sea, World (6 fatalities)
August 11, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Marinilla Antioquia, Colombia (6 fatalities)
July 25, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Luang Prabang Louangphabang Province, Laos (16 fatalities)
July 19, 1967: Douglas DC-4, Antananarivo-Ivato Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (42 fatalities)
June 30, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Dschang West, Cameroon (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rivera Rivera, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1967: Douglas DC-6, Mazatlán Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1967: Douglas DC-3, Khamis Mushayt ʿAsīr, Saudi Arabia (16 fatalities)
June 24, 1967: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Whiteman AFB Missouri, United States (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Coari Amazonas, Brazil (20 fatalities)
June 12, 1967: Douglas DC-3, La Paz-Manuel Márquez de León Baja California Sur, Mexico (5 fatalities)
June 11, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jeddah Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (18 fatalities)
June 11, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quảng Ngãi Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
June 3, 1967: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Canigou Pyrénées-Orientales, France (88 fatalities)
June 2, 1967: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Samsun Black Sea Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad) Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Iligan Lanao del Norte, Philippines (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1967: Douglas DC-8, Ottawa-Macdonald-Cartier Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
May 17, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sontecomapan Veracruz, Mexico (7 fatalities)
May 3, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vestmannaeyjar Southern Region, Iceland (3 fatalities)
May 2, 1967: Douglas DC-6, Salvador (12 fatalities)
April 30, 1967: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, Kadena AFB Okinawa, Japan (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cam Ranh Bay Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam (7 fatalities)
April 26, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sogamoso Boyacá, Colombia (17 fatalities)
April 11, 1967: Douglas DC-4, Tamanrasset Tamanrasset, Algeria (35 fatalities)
April 8, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ha'il Ha'il, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
April 7, 1967: Douglas A-26 Invader, La Victoria Valle del Cauca, Colombia (4 fatalities)
March 30, 1967: Douglas DC-8, New Orleans-Louis Armstrong (Moisant) Louisiana, United States (19 fatalities)
March 28, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hội An Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam (7 fatalities)
March 24, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Castle AFB California, United States (0 fatalities)
March 23, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Biên Hòa Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
March 17, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bandar Abbas Hormozgān, Iran (11 fatalities)
March 15, 1967: Douglas A-26 Invader, Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes Managua City District, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
March 10, 1967: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phan Rang Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam (25 fatalities)