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 23 of 42)

April 14, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mairang Meghalaya, India (3 fatalities)
April 9, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, El Banco Magdalena, Colombia (2 fatalities)
April 6, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Catamayo Loja, Ecuador (2 fatalities)
April 1, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (4 fatalities)
March 27, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Francisco California, United States (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Oakland California, United States (35 fatalities)
March 17, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (8 fatalities)
March 15, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 13, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Katowice Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cagayán de Oro-Lumbia Misamis Oriental, Philippines (0 fatalities)
February 28, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (3 fatalities)
February 27, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Kyongsong North Hamgyong, North Korea (2 fatalities)
February 23, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
February 14, 1953: Douglas DC-6, Mobile Alabama, United States (46 fatalities)
February 7, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bordeaux-Mérignac Gironde, France (9 fatalities)
February 6, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Valkenburg AFB (Leiden) South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
February 4, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
February 3, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lai Châu Lai Châu Province, Vietnam (18 fatalities)
January 26, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cagliari Sardinia, Italy (19 fatalities)
January 21, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vietnam (0 fatalities)
January 16, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (13 fatalities)
January 13, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
January 13, 1953: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gimhae South Gyeongsang, South Korea (0 fatalities)
January 10, 1953: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mergui Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
January 7, 1953: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Issaquah Washington, United States (7 fatalities)
January 1, 1953: Douglas DC-3, Spernall Warwickshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (4 fatalities)
December 26, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jinhae AFB South Gyeongsang, South Korea (14 fatalities)
December 25, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tehran Tehran City District, Iran (27 fatalities)
December 25, 1952: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (24 fatalities)
December 22, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Suwon Gyeonggi, South Korea (13 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Dahr el-Kadib Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan), Lebanon (9 fatalities)
December 21, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tokyo Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Larson AFB Washington, United States (87 fatalities)
December 18, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guercif Oriental, Morocco (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (1 fatality)
December 10, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wells Nevada, United States (6 fatalities)
December 6, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Saint George's, Bermuda (37 fatalities)
December 4, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
December 1, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt San Gorgonio California, United States (13 fatalities)
November 30, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Vřesovice South Moravian Region, Czech Republic (5 fatalities)
November 30, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China (2 fatalities)
November 28, 1952: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, McChord AFB Washington, United States (37 fatalities)
November 22, 1952: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Mt Gannett Alaska, United States (52 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ankara-Etimesgut Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
November 14, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
November 12, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Agartala Tripura, India (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Mt Finestra Campania, Italy (3 fatalities)
November 6, 1952: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Lake Chad Lac, Chad (5 fatalities)
November 3, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fletcher's Ice Island, World (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wollongong New South Wales, Australia (6 fatalities)
October 26, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (7 fatalities)
October 22, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jamshedpur Jharkhand, India (1 fatality)
October 21, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gimhae South Gyeongsang, South Korea (3 fatalities)
October 16, 1952: Douglas DC-4, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bom Jesus Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (14 fatalities)
October 7, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Philadelphia-Northeast Pennsylvania, United States (3 fatalities)
October 5, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Skvoritsy Leningrad oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
September 20, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (3 fatalities)
September 15, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Carolina Mpumalanga, South Africa (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kolwezi Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (3 fatalities)
September 5, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Tampico-General Francisco Javier Mina Tamaulipas, Mexico (3 fatalities)
August 29, 1952: Douglas DC-2, Kosti White Nile, Sudan (2 fatalities)
August 28, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Loisy Saône-et-Loire, France (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Suwon Gyeonggi, South Korea (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guaíra Paraná, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Palmeira de Goiás Goiás, Brazil (24 fatalities)
August 9, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ellington AFB (Houston) Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
August 8, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
August 8, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Langley AFB (Hampton) Virginia, United States (4 fatalities)
August 7, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 7, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Hwangju North Hwanghae, North Korea (4 fatalities)
August 4, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
July 28, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Montreal-Saint-Hubert Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 27, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Haeju South Hwanghae, North Korea (2 fatalities)
July 23, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, South Korea (4 fatalities)
July 21, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (2 fatalities)
July 11, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maraú Bahia, Brazil (13 fatalities)
July 8, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
June 25, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Gabriel Mountains California, United States (7 fatalities)
June 23, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (1 fatality)
June 13, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gotska Sandön Island Gotland, Sweden (8 fatalities)
June 5, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Sinmi-do Island South Pyongan, North Korea (3 fatalities)
May 31, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
May 15, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Sunchon South Pyongan, North Korea (3 fatalities)
May 13, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil (5 fatalities)
May 9, 1952: Douglas DC-3, Malacca Strait, World (17 fatalities)
May 6, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Drangedal Telemark, Norway (11 fatalities)
May 3, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ostend West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
May 3, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Phan Thiết Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam (1 fatality)
April 30, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New Delhi-Safdarjung National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (9 fatalities)
April 29, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Seoul-Incheon Incheon, South Korea (8 fatalities)
April 21, 1952: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Merrill Pass Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
April 19, 1952: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (2 fatalities)