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 29 of 42)

January 7, 1949: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Garstang Lancashire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
January 6, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Brandywine Maryland, United States (2 fatalities)
January 4, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Weimar California, United States (8 fatalities)
January 2, 1949: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Seattle Washington, United States (14 fatalities)
January 2, 1949: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Tel Aviv-Sde Dov Tel Aviv District, Israel (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Monte Argentario Tuscany, Italy (13 fatalities)
December 30, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Minsk City of Minsk, Belarus (3 fatalities)
December 29, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Mangalore Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Gulf of Mexico All, World (32 fatalities)
December 23, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
December 23, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gandesa Catalonia, Spain (27 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Taigetos Peloponnese, Greece (24 fatalities)
December 21, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Basalt Island Hong Kong, China (35 fatalities)
December 15, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bogotá Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (30 fatalities)
December 15, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Puerto Morín La Libertad, Peru (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta, Chile (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Taipei-Songshan Taipei City, Taiwan (2 fatalities)
December 11, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Königstein im Taunus Hesse, Germany (1 fatality)
December 9, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greenland (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Milan-Linate Lombardy, Italy (7 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (4 fatalities)
December 5, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (3 fatalities)
December 3, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vehari Punjab, Pakistan (21 fatalities)
November 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fazenda Boa Esperança Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mumbai Maharashtra, India (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Wake Island United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rawang Selangor, Malaysia (5 fatalities)
November 10, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bogotá-Techo Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (3 fatalities)
November 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mount Macedon Victoria, Australia (3 fatalities)
November 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cairo-Almaza Cairo, Egypt (3 fatalities)
November 7, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cape Spencer Alaska, United States (17 fatalities)
November 2, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (5 fatalities)
November 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Stilwell Oklahoma, United States (11 fatalities)
October 27, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Edmonton Alberta, Canada (2 fatalities)
October 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sumatra Island, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ekron-Tel Nof AFB Central District, Israel (5 fatalities)
October 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chanute AFB (Rantoul) Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
October 21, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (17 fatalities)
October 18, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
October 15, 1948: Douglas DC-5, Ramat-David AFB Northern District, Israel (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bückeburg Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (0 fatalities)
October 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Campina Grande Paraíba, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Haines Cay Berry Islands, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bandar Lampung Lampung, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
September 22, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Santa Maria Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
September 20, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Burlington Vermont, United States (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rome-Ciampino Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quirindi New South Wales, Australia (13 fatalities)
August 31, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Elisabethville Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (13 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cuba (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Newton New Jersey, United States (9 fatalities)
August 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ravolzhausen Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caribbean Sea, World (3 fatalities)
August 19, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Batu Melintang Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (5 fatalities)
August 13, 1948: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Port Underwood Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
August 5, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Miami Florida, United States (10 fatalities)
August 1, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Gatow Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sywell Northamptonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin, Germany (2 fatalities)
July 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cap-des-Rosiers Quebec, Canada (29 fatalities)
July 24, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fassberg AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gore Oromia, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mediterranean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belém-Val de Cans-Júlio Cezar Ribeiro Pará, Brazil (5 fatalities)
July 14, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Toulon Var, France (6 fatalities)
July 12, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Königstein im Taunus Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
July 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Coronel Pringles Buenos Aires province, Argentina (5 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Di Linh Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (16 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Offutt AFB (Bellevue) Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Greenville North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
July 5, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim AFB Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Northwood London Metropolis, United Kingdom (32 fatalities)
July 1, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Ciudad Serdán Puebla, Mexico (14 fatalities)
June 27, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Blythe California, United States (3 fatalities)
June 26, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caracas Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (1 fatality)
June 21, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1948: Douglas DC-6, Mount Carmel Pennsylvania, United States (43 fatalities)
June 17, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shell Pastaza, Ecuador (1 fatality)
June 16, 1948: Douglas DC-4, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
June 12, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Eloy Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
June 8, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1948: Douglas A-26 Invader, Çubuk Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (1 fatality)
May 25, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Madrid AFB Cundinamarca, Colombia (4 fatalities)
May 22, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Magadan Magadan oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
May 20, 1948: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lübeck-Blankensee Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (0 fatalities)
May 17, 1948: Douglas DC-3, Cebu City Cebu, Philippines (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1948: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Vrede Free State, South Africa (13 fatalities)