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 18 of 42)

March 23, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phônsavan Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (7 fatalities)
March 22, 1961: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Nagpur Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
March 22, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pabna Rajshahi, Bangladesh (0 fatalities)
March 15, 1961: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Ponta Grossa Paraná, Brazil (3 fatalities)
March 14, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brasília Distrito Federal, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 9, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Páramo de Turmal Trujillo, Venezuela (12 fatalities)
March 4, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belém Pará, Brazil (2 fatalities)
February 18, 1961: Douglas DC-7, Nuremberg Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
February 10, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bizana Eastern Cape, South Africa (5 fatalities)
February 3, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Java Sea, Indonesia (26 fatalities)
January 26, 1961: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Trinity Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (23 fatalities)
January 24, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Burangrang West Java, Indonesia (21 fatalities)
January 23, 1961: Douglas C-54 Skyraider, Bilbao-Sondica Basque Country, Spain (0 fatalities)
January 19, 1961: Douglas DC-8, New York-Idlewild New York, United States (4 fatalities)
January 9, 1961: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Spangdahlem AFB Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (0 fatalities)
January 3, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Koivulahti Ostrobothnia, Finland (25 fatalities)
January 2, 1961: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Biak Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (5 fatalities)
December 22, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cebu City Cebu, Philippines (28 fatalities)
December 16, 1960: Douglas DC-8, New York New York, United States (90 fatalities)
December 12, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sydney New South Wales, Australia (3 fatalities)
December 11, 1960: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (8 fatalities)
November 23, 1960: Douglas DC-3, Mt Baco Occidental Mindoro, Philippines (33 fatalities)
November 21, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nassau-Oakes Field New Providence, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Siddharthanagar Lumbini, Nepal (4 fatalities)
October 28, 1960: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Missoula Montana, United States (12 fatalities)
October 22, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wau Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Juchitepec Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (8 fatalities)
September 22, 1960: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (29 fatalities)
September 19, 1960: Douglas DC-6, Agana-Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam Island (80 fatalities)
September 7, 1960: Douglas DC-6, Salto Salto, Uruguay (31 fatalities)
September 3, 1960: Douglas DC-4, El Badary Asyut, Egypt (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Mpouya Plateaux, Congo (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Puri Odisha (Orissa), India (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1960: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Kenitra Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen, Morocco (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1960: Douglas DC-3, Entebbe Central, Uganda (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tipuani La Paz, Bolivia (6 fatalities)
July 15, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jimma Oromia, Ethiopia (1 fatality)
July 14, 1960: Douglas DC-7, Polillo Island Quezon, Philippines (1 fatality)
July 14, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cotabato City Maguindanao, Philippines (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quito Pichincha, Ecuador (18 fatalities)
July 10, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (20 fatalities)
June 25, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San José San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (1 fatality)
June 19, 1960: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Paramaribo Paramaribo City District, Suriname (3 fatalities)
May 15, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Tora Tonga South Darfur, Sudan (12 fatalities)
April 28, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calabozo Guárico, Venezuela (13 fatalities)
April 22, 1960: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bunia Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo (35 fatalities)
April 18, 1960: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (9 fatalities)
April 15, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Marburg Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
April 14, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (18 fatalities)
April 12, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (10 fatalities)
March 25, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chimbote Ancash, Peru (4 fatalities)
March 16, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nagoya-Komaki Chūbu, Japan (5 fatalities)
March 16, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amatrice Lazio, Italy (4 fatalities)
March 8, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Jérez del Marquesado Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Birmingham West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 26, 1960: Douglas DC-7, Shannon Munster, Ireland (34 fatalities)
February 25, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (26 fatalities)
February 25, 1960: Douglas DC-6, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (35 fatalities)
February 25, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Havana La Habana, Cuba (4 fatalities)
February 22, 1960: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Elmendorf-Richardson AFB (JBER) Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Hòn Cháy Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
February 15, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
February 7, 1960: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Marathon Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
February 5, 1960: Douglas DC-4, Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (59 fatalities)
January 20, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brindisi Apulia, Italy (5 fatalities)
January 6, 1960: Douglas DC-6, Bolivia North Carolina, United States (34 fatalities)
January 6, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Byrd Station, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
January 3, 1960: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Taksing Arunachal Pradesh, India (9 fatalities)
December 31, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San José de Chiquitos Santa Cruz, Bolivia (11 fatalities)
December 24, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Palembang South Sumatra, Indonesia (1 fatality)
December 5, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Puebla-Hermanos Serdán-Huejotzingo Puebla, Mexico (7 fatalities)
December 4, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cumuruxatiba Bahia, Brazil (6 fatalities)
December 2, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oslo Oslo City, Norway (4 fatalities)
December 1, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (3 fatalities)
November 22, 1959: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
November 22, 1959: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), São Filipe (Ilha do Fogo), Cabo Verde (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1959: Douglas DC-4, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (24 fatalities)
November 16, 1959: Douglas DC-7, Pilottown Louisiana, United States (42 fatalities)
November 15, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tainan Tainan City, Taiwan (15 fatalities)
November 5, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cleveland-Burke Lakefront Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1959: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon Quebec, Canada (5 fatalities)
October 30, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Bucks Elbow Virginia, United States (26 fatalities)
October 30, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Avlona Attica, Greece (19 fatalities)
October 26, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Santa Maria California, United States (1 fatality)
October 15, 1959: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Jacksonville Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
September 25, 1959: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Jeddah Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1959: Douglas DC-7, Bordeaux-Mérignac Gironde, France (54 fatalities)
September 24, 1959: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Great Sitkin Island Alaska, United States (16 fatalities)
September 15, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Cape Hallett, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1959: Douglas DC-4, Mercedes Ocotepeque, Honduras (3 fatalities)
August 27, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maringá Paraná, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Montseny Catalonia, Spain (32 fatalities)
August 15, 1959: Douglas DC-3, San Isidro de El General San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (1 fatality)
August 3, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saku Arunachal Pradesh, India (6 fatalities)
August 2, 1959: Douglas A-26 Invader, Camagüey Camagüey, Cuba (1 fatality)
July 28, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), El Palomar AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero, Argentina (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1959: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)