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 31 of 42)

May 29, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Atsugi NAS Kantō, Japan (41 fatalities)
May 29, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Mt Hestfjall Northeastern Region, Iceland (25 fatalities)
May 29, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Trinidad Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
May 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Livingston Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Malaybalay Bukidnon, Philippines (17 fatalities)
May 16, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (22 fatalities)
May 16, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Gainesville-Lee Gilmer Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Newark New Jersey, United States (2 fatalities)
April 30, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Salvador-Ilopango San Salvador, Salvador (0 fatalities)
April 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Shanghai-Longhua Shanghai, China (3 fatalities)
April 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Volochanka Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (9 fatalities)
April 22, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Columbus Georgia, United States (9 fatalities)
April 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Malakal Upper Nile, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dalry Ayrshire, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
April 9, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio) Texas, United States (1 fatality)
April 8, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caracas Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (27 fatalities)
April 5, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Decaturville Tennessee, United States (4 fatalities)
April 4, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Palm Beach County Park-Lantana Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gimbat Station Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
March 23, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kombolcha-Dessie Amhara, Ethiopia (6 fatalities)
March 20, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Carlota-General Francisco de Miranda AFB (Caracas) Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Masindi Western, Uganda (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Garneh Zanjan, Iran (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
March 14, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Moucherolle Isère, France (23 fatalities)
March 12, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Burangrang West Java, Indonesia (26 fatalities)
March 8, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (9 fatalities)
March 8, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ischia Island Campania, Italy (13 fatalities)
March 7, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Agana, Guam Island (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Georgia (23 fatalities)
February 28, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yangon Yangon Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
February 26, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), China Sea, China (12 fatalities)
February 24, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
February 23, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kaufbeuren AFB Bavaria, Germany (0 fatalities)
February 21, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chongqing-Baishiyi Sichuan, China (21 fatalities)
February 20, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Offenbach-am-Main Hesse, Germany (4 fatalities)
February 19, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Neubiberg AFB Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
February 18, 1947: Douglas A-26 Invader, Matsudo Kantō, Japan (3 fatalities)
February 17, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Malmö Skåne, Sweden (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1947: Douglas DC-4, Mt El Tablazo en Supatá Cundinamarca, Colombia (53 fatalities)
February 14, 1947: Douglas DC-3, League City Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
February 13, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (3 fatalities)
February 9, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nichols AFB (Manila) Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
February 6, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pedro Bernardo Castile and León, Spain (11 fatalities)
February 5, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Harrington Delaware, United States (1 fatality)
February 5, 1947: Douglas DC-2, Lagoa Santa Goiás, Brazil (0 fatalities)
February 1, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Lisbon Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (15 fatalities)
February 1, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Upper Heyford AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 26, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (22 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (12 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Zunyi Guizhou, China (19 fatalities)
January 25, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hong Kong-Kai Tak Hong Kong, China (4 fatalities)
January 24, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Patuxent River NAS Maryland, United States (0 fatalities)
January 23, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sand Point NAS Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
January 23, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Allentown-Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem-Easton) Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
January 22, 1947: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Puerto Araujo Santander, Colombia (17 fatalities)
January 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bückeburg Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
January 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guayaquil Guayas, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
January 22, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Allentown-Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem-Easton) Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
January 20, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Oakland California, United States (1 fatality)
January 19, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), An Cư Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
January 18, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kupang East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 17, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Singapore-Seletar, Singapore (0 fatalities)
January 12, 1947: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Galax Virginia, United States (18 fatalities)
January 11, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Stowting Kent, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
January 11, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Laoag Ilocos Norte, Philippines (7 fatalities)
January 7, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bukavu Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
January 6, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
January 5, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Jones Beach New York, United States (0 fatalities)
January 3, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Whitchurch AFB (Bristol) Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 1, 1947: Douglas DC-2, Nashville Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States (5 fatalities)
December 28, 1946: Douglas C-50 (DC-3), Michigan City Indiana, United States (2 fatalities)
December 28, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Walshville Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (19 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Kiangwan AFB Shanghai, China (12 fatalities)
December 24, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paris Paris, France (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Los Angeles California, United States (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Mt Cuyapaipe California, United States (12 fatalities)
December 23, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Luqa, Malta (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Northolt AFB London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ferrara Emilia-Romagna, Italy (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tilarán Guanacaste (North Pacific), Costa Rica (7 fatalities)
December 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Trigno Abruzzo, Italy (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Changting Fujian, China (5 fatalities)
December 14, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lucena Quezon, Philippines (12 fatalities)
December 2, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Juan, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San José San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (23 fatalities)
November 22, 1946: Douglas DB-7 Boston, Locking AFB Somerset, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
November 19, 1946: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Gauli Glacier Bern, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Lons-le-Saunier Jura, France (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands (26 fatalities)
November 13, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Perote Veracruz, Mexico (15 fatalities)
November 13, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Lebec California, United States (11 fatalities)
November 12, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1946: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cleveland Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)