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 17 of 42)

May 27, 1962: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, Atlantic Ocean, World (10 fatalities)
May 24, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rajshahi Rajshahi, Bangladesh (4 fatalities)
May 24, 1962: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Yokota AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan (7 fatalities)
May 17, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kaimana Special Region of West Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (3 fatalities)
May 10, 1962: Douglas A-26 Invader, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (3 fatalities)
May 8, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Möng Pa-liao Shan State, Myanmar (32 fatalities)
May 7, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Haveri Karnataka, India (0 fatalities)
May 7, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), India (4 fatalities)
May 6, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saint Boniface Down Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (12 fatalities)
April 22, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Serranía del Baudó Chocó, Colombia (40 fatalities)
April 18, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dallas-Love Field Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
April 10, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jerez de la Frontera Andalusia, Spain (10 fatalities)
April 6, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Apiay AFB (Villavicencio) Meta, Colombia (31 fatalities)
April 5, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jakarta-Kemayoran City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
March 31, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sorong-Jefman Special Region of West Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan (0 fatalities)
March 8, 1962: Douglas DC-6, Mt Velino Abruzzo, Italy (5 fatalities)
March 6, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Seymour Eastern Cape, South Africa (2 fatalities)
March 4, 1962: Douglas DC-7, Douala Littoral, Cameroon (111 fatalities)
March 3, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Nanuque Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
February 25, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Marulanda Caldas, Colombia (2 fatalities)
February 20, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ahwaz Khuzestan, Iran (0 fatalities)
February 11, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bảo Lộc Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (9 fatalities)
February 4, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greensboro North Carolina, United States (7 fatalities)
February 4, 1962: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Tingo María Huánuco, Peru (18 fatalities)
January 28, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Norte de Santander, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 25, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wolf Creek Montana, United States (6 fatalities)
January 21, 1962: Douglas DC-4, Muscat Muscat Governorate, Oman (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oslo-Fornebu Oslo City, Norway (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Arctic Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tippi Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia (6 fatalities)
January 10, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), South Park Pennsylvania, United States (5 fatalities)
January 8, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), São Luís Maranhão, Brazil (0 fatalities)
January 2, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Surabaya West Java, Indonesia (14 fatalities)
December 19, 1961: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri, United States (7 fatalities)
December 16, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amritsar Punjab, India (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 fatalities)
December 3, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Aviano Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (4 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Algeria (4 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Algeria (4 fatalities)
November 28, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (2 fatalities)
November 22, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe (2 fatalities)
November 15, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Boston Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Sentinel Ridge, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chitado Cunene, Angola (18 fatalities)
November 1, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Recife-Guararapes Pernambuco, Brazil (45 fatalities)
October 17, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Croglin Fell Cumbria, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
October 14, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barrackpore West Bengal, India (1 fatality)
October 7, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Canigou Pyrénées-Orientales, France (34 fatalities)
September 26, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Norfolk-Chambers Field NAS Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Kamina Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Newhall California, United States (3 fatalities)
September 19, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Dublin Leinster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Ndola Copperbelt, Zambia (16 fatalities)
September 15, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kolwezi Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (2 fatalities)
September 10, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Shannon Munster, Ireland (83 fatalities)
September 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Concórdia Santa Catarina, Brazil (4 fatalities)
September 5, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sendafa Oromia, Ethiopia (5 fatalities)
August 26, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calcutta-Dum Dum West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
August 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Budapest Budapest City District, Hungary (30 fatalities)
August 4, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Rasht Gilan, Iran (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pearce Western Australia, Australia (4 fatalities)
July 21, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Shemya Alaska, United States (6 fatalities)
July 20, 1961: Douglas DC-2, Río Grande Oaxaca, Mexico (3 fatalities)
July 19, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Pardo Buenos Aires province, Argentina (67 fatalities)
July 11, 1961: Douglas DC-8, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (18 fatalities)
June 20, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Oakland California, United States (0 fatalities)
June 20, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tehran Tehran City District, Iran (9 fatalities)
June 17, 1961: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Kano Kano, Nigeria (1 fatality)
June 13, 1961: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Douala Littoral, Cameroon (5 fatalities)
June 10, 1961: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, Pacific Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
May 30, 1961: Douglas DC-8, Lisbon-Portela de Sacavém Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (61 fatalities)
May 24, 1961: Douglas DC-4, Brisbane Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
May 24, 1961: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, McChord AFB Washington, United States (18 fatalities)
May 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Mt Arenal Alajuela (Center-North), Costa Rica (2 fatalities)
May 7, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pune Maharashtra, India (4 fatalities)
May 6, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kameshli Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria (0 fatalities)
May 1, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rimkhim Post Uttarakhand, India (0 fatalities)
April 21, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mustang Oklahoma, United States (4 fatalities)
April 18, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fallon NAS Nevada, United States (6 fatalities)
April 18, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Parker Hong Kong, China (14 fatalities)
April 17, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Playa Girón Matanzas, Cuba (4 fatalities)
April 17, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Playa Girón Matanzas, Cuba (1 fatality)
April 15, 1961: Douglas A-26 Invader, Dry Tortugas Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
April 15, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moncton New Brunswick, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1961: Douglas DC-3, Bluefield-Mercer County West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
April 8, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bereina Central, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
April 5, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Blida Blida, Algeria (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (0 fatalities)
April 3, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt La Gotera Región del Maule, Chile (24 fatalities)
March 26, 1961: Douglas DC-6, Shannon Munster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (23 fatalities)