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 22 of 42)

August 25, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cowombat Flat New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
August 23, 1954: Douglas DC-6, Ijmuiden North Holland, Netherlands (21 fatalities)
August 22, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mason City Iowa, United States (12 fatalities)
August 12, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
August 8, 1954: Douglas DC-3, McGrath Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
July 23, 1954: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Sanya (Hainan Island) Hainan, China (10 fatalities)
July 2, 1954: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Fort Campbell AFB Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
June 25, 1954: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Larson AFB Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nairobi-Eastleigh (Moi Air Base) Nairobi City District, Kenya (7 fatalities)
June 19, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ixtlahuaca de Rayón México, Mexico (22 fatalities)
June 15, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Atlanta-William Berry Hartsfield Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1954: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Gage Oklahoma, United States (0 fatalities)
June 8, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
June 5, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Iwakuni AFB Chūgoku, Japan (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Cipó Minas Gerais, Brazil (19 fatalities)
May 29, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Porvenir Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile (0 fatalities)
May 22, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Paraparaumu-Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (3 fatalities)
May 22, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, Guantánamo Bay NAS Guantánamo, Cuba (2 fatalities)
May 21, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
May 15, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saugaon West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calcutta West Bengal, India (5 fatalities)
April 25, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Đồng Hới Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amaná La Rioja, Argentina (25 fatalities)
April 13, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Batuco Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (14 fatalities)
April 10, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1954: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
April 3, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Adana Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (25 fatalities)
March 29, 1954: Douglas B-23 Dragon, Akron-Canton Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1954: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Monterrey-Del Norte Nuevo León, Mexico (18 fatalities)
March 14, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mackay Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
March 13, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phônsavan Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, El Centro California, United States (2 fatalities)
March 4, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée Alpes-Maritimes, France (20 fatalities)
March 3, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (0 fatalities)
February 25, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nagpur, India (3 fatalities)
February 22, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
February 11, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Peru (8 fatalities)
February 9, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Medellín-José María Córdova (Rionegro) Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
February 5, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (4 fatalities)
February 5, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Curry Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
January 31, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gia Lam Airport Hanoi, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
January 31, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Apiay AFB (Villavicencio) Meta, Colombia (5 fatalities)
January 24, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (0 fatalities)
January 20, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Kansas City Kansas, United States (3 fatalities)
January 16, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, Donelson Tennessee, United States (3 fatalities)
January 14, 1954: Douglas DC-6, Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (16 fatalities)
January 14, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, El Jadida Doukkala-Abda, Morocco (2 fatalities)
January 12, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (13 fatalities)
January 11, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manizales Caldas, Colombia (21 fatalities)
January 10, 1954: Douglas A-26 Invader, Glendale California, United States (1 fatality)
January 5, 1954: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lapseki Marmara Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
January 2, 1954: Douglas DC-3, Herat Herat, Afghanistan (21 fatalities)
December 20, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agrihan Island Northern Marianna Islands, Northern Mariana Islands (10 fatalities)
December 12, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nagpur Maharashtra, India (13 fatalities)
November 26, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sirte Sirte, Libya (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calhan Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Tarabuco Chuquisaca, Bolivia (28 fatalities)
October 29, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Half Moon Bay California, United States (19 fatalities)
October 19, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico (21 fatalities)
October 17, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lai Châu Lai Châu Province, Vietnam (7 fatalities)
September 26, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mantet Pyrénées-Orientales, France (4 fatalities)
September 25, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ankara Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
September 19, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Luis de Palenque Casanare, Colombia (1 fatality)
September 14, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mérida Yucatán, Mexico (1 fatality)
September 13, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lualaba Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Andrés Lempira, Honduras (3 fatalities)
September 6, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Hamilton, Bermuda (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (4 fatalities)
September 1, 1953: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Vail Washington, United States (21 fatalities)
August 23, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Campo Grande Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Westover AFB Massachusetts, United States (4 fatalities)
August 3, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (1 fatality)
July 30, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
July 16, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Johannesburg-Rand Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Pyongyang Pyongyang, North Korea (4 fatalities)
July 12, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Pacific Ocean, World (58 fatalities)
July 10, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Stavanger Rogaland, Norway (10 fatalities)
July 1, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Pyongyang Pyongyang, North Korea (3 fatalities)
July 1, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (1 fatality)
June 30, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District, Iran (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Los Angeles California, United States (1 fatality)
June 18, 1953: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Tachikawa AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan (129 fatalities)
June 17, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Seongnam AFB (Seoul) Gyeonggi, South Korea (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phou Lassi Mountains Champasak Province, Laos (34 fatalities)
June 15, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Ramón Mountains San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (9 fatalities)
June 8, 1953: Douglas B-18 Bolo, Aragarças Goiás, Brazil (0 fatalities)
May 24, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saint Louis-Lambert Missouri, United States (6 fatalities)
May 21, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Chuncheon Gangwon, South Korea (2 fatalities)
May 17, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (2 fatalities)
May 17, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Marshall Texas, United States (19 fatalities)
May 9, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (18 fatalities)
May 9, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mumbai Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
April 25, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
April 23, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chehalis Washington, United States (1 fatality)
April 20, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Oakland California, United States (8 fatalities)
April 16, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (30 fatalities)
April 14, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Cedar Falls Washington, United States (7 fatalities)