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 8 of 42)

October 25, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Degehabur Somali, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Valledupar Cesar, Colombia (3 fatalities)
October 15, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Soddo Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
October 7, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 6, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Santiago de Chile Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (16 fatalities)
October 3, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kuopio Northern Savonia, Finland (15 fatalities)
October 1, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Gulf of Mexico All, World (1 fatality)
September 24, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Karima Northern, Sudan (0 fatalities)
September 21, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Atlantic Ocean, World (4 fatalities)
September 18, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Komakuk Yukon, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1978: Douglas DC-7, Farmerville Louisiana, United States (1 fatality)
August 27, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Fanja Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman (4 fatalities)
August 17, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lydd Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guam Island (2 fatalities)
July 26, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena) Petén, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena) Petén, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
July 16, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Kennedy Magdalena, Colombia (8 fatalities)
July 9, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Richmond Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson Ontario, Canada (2 fatalities)
June 8, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala, Guatemala (3 fatalities)
May 30, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Santo Tomás La Unión Sololá, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1978: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Beni Beni, Bolivia (3 fatalities)
May 19, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Badkhalsa Haryana, India (8 fatalities)
May 5, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Paramaribo-Zanderij Para, Suriname (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1978: Douglas DC-7, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 29, 1978: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (8 fatalities)
April 18, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos Islands (0 fatalities)
March 23, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands (1 fatality)
March 15, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Surat Thani Surat Thani, Thailand (0 fatalities)
March 3, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain (0 fatalities)
March 1, 1978: Douglas DC-10, Los Angeles California, United States (2 fatalities)
February 24, 1978: Douglas DC-6, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
February 21, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt San Vicente Santander, Colombia (5 fatalities)
February 17, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Brus Laguna Gracias a Dios, Honduras (0 fatalities)
February 10, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Artigas Artigas, Uruguay (44 fatalities)
February 9, 1978: Douglas A-26 Invader, Chino California, United States (0 fatalities)
February 8, 1978: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Tamanrasset Tamanrasset, Algeria (0 fatalities)
January 29, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Faya-Largeau Borkou, Chad (0 fatalities)
January 28, 1978: Douglas DC-3, San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá, Colombia (12 fatalities)
January 28, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Zouar Tibesti, Chad (2 fatalities)
January 2, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Río Grande, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1977: Douglas DC-7, South Carolina South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Kaysville Utah, United States (3 fatalities)
December 13, 1977: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana, United States (29 fatalities)
November 26, 1977: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Tete Tete, Mozambique (3 fatalities)
November 20, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bogotá Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Llanos del Yarí Caquetá, Colombia (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manidar Razavi Khorasan, Iran (3 fatalities)
October 6, 1977: Douglas DC-6, La China, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena) Petén, Guatemala (1 fatality)
September 27, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Selangor, Malaysia (34 fatalities)
September 21, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1977: Douglas DC-7, Yakutat Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Massawa Southern Red Sea, Eritrea (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Yoro Yoro, Honduras (25 fatalities)
July 24, 1977: Douglas DC-6, Puerto Montt-El Tepual Región de Los Lagos, Chile (38 fatalities)
July 20, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Jimma Oromia, Ethiopia (5 fatalities)
July 19, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley Vaupés, Colombia (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Ardoch North Dakota, United States (2 fatalities)
June 28, 1977: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bangkok-Don Mueang Bangkok City District, Thailand (0 fatalities)
June 21, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bangkok-Don Mueang Bangkok City District, Thailand (5 fatalities)
June 17, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Condoto-Mandinga, Chocó, Colombia (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Newton Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mendoza-El Plumerillo Mendoza, Argentina (0 fatalities)
June 12, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Vero Beach Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Founkoueye Tahoua, Niger (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mapai Gaza, Mozambique (1 fatality)
May 25, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), India (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Pickle Lake Ontario, Canada (1 fatality)
April 18, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
April 16, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tainan Tainan City, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
April 12, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Wunnummin Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Saliente del Rio Guape Meta, Colombia (35 fatalities)
April 5, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Edavlli Andhra Pradesh, India (10 fatalities)
April 4, 1977: Douglas DC-9, New Hope Georgia, United States (72 fatalities)
March 29, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
March 25, 1977: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
March 17, 1977: Douglas DC-3, LaBelle Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Niamey Niamey City District, Niger (2 fatalities)
March 3, 1977: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Monroe Station Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
March 2, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amatlán de Jora Nayarit, Mexico (5 fatalities)
March 1, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Aden-Khormaksar 'Adan, Yemen (19 fatalities)
February 28, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Salluit Quebec, Canada (4 fatalities)
February 27, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kenora Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Camanaos Vaupés, Colombia (0 fatalities)
February 7, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tanjung Santan East Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
January 26, 1977: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Borja-Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
January 17, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sütçüler Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (7 fatalities)
January 15, 1977: Douglas DC-3, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1977: Douglas DC-8, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
January 7, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Buffalo Range Masvingo, Zimbabwe (3 fatalities)
January 6, 1977: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Senda Chuquisaca, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1976: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Trujillo La Libertad, Peru (24 fatalities)
December 14, 1976: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Oborso Oromia, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1976: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chisasibi Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1976: Douglas C-117 Skytrain, Victoria Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
November 23, 1976: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1976: Douglas DC-9, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)