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 21 of 42)

February 16, 1956: Douglas DC-3, Najran Najran, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
February 14, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kuujjuaq (ex Fort Chimo) Quebec, Canada (2 fatalities)
February 12, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Dirfi (Dirphys) Central Greece, Greece (17 fatalities)
February 6, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
January 28, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lyon-Bron Rhône, France (3 fatalities)
January 24, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nantes Loire-Atlantique, France (0 fatalities)
January 18, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Torysky Prešov Region, Slovakia (22 fatalities)
January 17, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oreway Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (4 fatalities)
January 12, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hobart Tasmania, Australia (1 fatality)
December 22, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Düsseldorf-Lohausen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (3 fatalities)
December 17, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nuevo Ocotepeque Ocotepeque, Honduras (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bourke New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Ketama (Issaguen) Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco (8 fatalities)
December 1, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belém Pará, Brazil (6 fatalities)
November 26, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Akranes Western Region (Vesturland), Iceland (4 fatalities)
November 20, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Iwo Jima, Japan (11 fatalities)
November 17, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Seattle-Boeing Field Washington, United States (28 fatalities)
November 17, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Charleston Nevada, United States (14 fatalities)
November 5, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (4 fatalities)
November 4, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Holyoke Connecticut, United States (4 fatalities)
November 2, 1955: Douglas A-26 Invader, Mitchel AFB (Long Island) New York, United States (3 fatalities)
November 1, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Longmont Colorado, United States (44 fatalities)
October 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hall Beach (Sanirajak) Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1955: Douglas DC-4, Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming, United States (66 fatalities)
October 3, 1955: Douglas A-26 Invader, Union City Oklahoma, United States (4 fatalities)
October 2, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Viñac Lima, Peru (21 fatalities)
September 24, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
September 24, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Burns Wyoming, United States (7 fatalities)
September 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bordeaux-Mérignac Gironde, France (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Burbank California, United States (3 fatalities)
September 6, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Kirtland AFB New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
September 5, 1955: Douglas A-20 Havoc, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (2 fatalities)
September 2, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Popa Mandalay Region, Myanmar (12 fatalities)
September 1, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Skwentna Alaska, United States (12 fatalities)
August 30, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Simara Narayani, Nepal (2 fatalities)
August 26, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Mt Forno Grande Espírito Santo, Brazil (13 fatalities)
August 19, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hawthorne Nevada, United States (7 fatalities)
July 29, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1955: Douglas DC-2, Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico (22 fatalities)
June 29, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sitkinak Island Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
June 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (8 fatalities)
June 25, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agra-Kheria (Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay) Uttar Pradesh, India (11 fatalities)
June 3, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, N'Djamena N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (3 fatalities)
May 30, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Alamogordo New Mexico, United States (7 fatalities)
May 28, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Deftinge West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barcelona Anzoátegui, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
May 20, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Río Gallegos Santa Cruz, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (20 fatalities)
May 15, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Doi Pha Hom Pok Chiang Mai, Thailand (7 fatalities)
May 8, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barnesville Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
April 27, 1955: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 15, 1955: Douglas A-20 Havoc, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (1 fatality)
April 14, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Ronkonkoma-Long Island-McArthur Field New York, United States (3 fatalities)
March 31, 1955: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, McGuire AFB (Fort Dix) New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
March 29, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Khowai Tripura, India (0 fatalities)
March 22, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Pali Kea Peak Oahu Hawaii, United States (66 fatalities)
March 18, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Beauvais-Tillé Oise, France (9 fatalities)
March 15, 1955: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Nairobi-Eastleigh (Moi Air Base) Nairobi City District, Kenya (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phônsavan Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
March 9, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Trujillo Valle del Cauca, Colombia (8 fatalities)
March 8, 1955: Douglas DC-3, Talpa de Allende Jalisco, Mexico (26 fatalities)
March 6, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Taitung Taitung County, Taiwan (14 fatalities)
March 6, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Clinton Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
March 6, 1955: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Vitória da Conquista Bahia, Brazil (5 fatalities)
February 23, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe (1 fatality)
February 13, 1955: Douglas DC-6, Monte Terminillo Rieti Lazio, Italy (29 fatalities)
February 2, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nagpur Maharashtra, India (10 fatalities)
January 27, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Niigata Chūbu, Japan (0 fatalities)
January 26, 1955: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
January 24, 1955: Douglas A-20 Havoc, São Paulo-Guarulhos São Paulo, Brazil (2 fatalities)
January 21, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guwahati Assam, India (3 fatalities)
January 20, 1955: Douglas A-26 Invader, Georgetown New York, United States (3 fatalities)
January 12, 1955: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cincinnati Kentucky, United States (2 fatalities)
December 31, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), SP-3 Polar Station, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Pennsylvania, United States (10 fatalities)
December 18, 1954: Douglas DC-6, New York-Idlewild New York, United States (26 fatalities)
December 18, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ciudad Piar Bolívar, Venezuela (2 fatalities)
December 12, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pezinok Bratislava Region, Slovakia (4 fatalities)
December 10, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guasdualito Apure, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Elefsis AFB (Athens) Attica, Greece (19 fatalities)
December 4, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Luang Prabang Louangphabang Province, Laos (29 fatalities)
December 2, 1954: Douglas DC-2, Villa Harding Green Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Berlin New Hampshire, United States (2 fatalities)
November 25, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jambi Jambi, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Mt Jirishanca Ancash, Peru (24 fatalities)
October 24, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Limone Piemonte Piedmont, Italy (21 fatalities)
October 21, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 fatalities)
October 20, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hua Hin Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (7 fatalities)
October 13, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Skardu Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bangkok-Don Mueang Bangkok City District, Thailand (4 fatalities)
October 9, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1954: Douglas A-20 Havoc, Piraí Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 fatalities)
September 29, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nagoya-Komaki Chūbu, Japan (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (6 fatalities)
September 12, 1954: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland (10 fatalities)
September 4, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greenland (0 fatalities)