Plane crashes in 1937

164 crashes worldwide in 1937, with 359 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 164
Fatal crashes: 88
Fatalities: 359
First recorded: January 8, 1937
Most recent: December 30, 1937

Deadliest

October 17, 1937: Douglas DC-3, Knight Wyoming, United States (19 fatalities)
July 28, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (15 fatalities)
August 2, 1937: Sikorsky S-43, Colón Colón, Panama (14 fatalities)
March 25, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Clifton Pennsylvania, United States (13 fatalities)
January 26, 1937: Sabca S.73, Oran Oran, Algeria (12 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

De Havilland (39)
Junkers (18)
Avro (16)
Douglas (12)
Lockheed (10)
Stinson (9)
Fokker (4)
Handley Page (4)
Short (4)
Sikorsky (4)
Airspeed (3)
Fairchild (3)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

December 30, 1937: Waco, Norway (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1937: Stinson SR-9 Reliant, Felidia Valle del Cauca, Colombia (2 fatalities)
December 29, 1937: Stinson SR-9 Reliant, Felidia Valle del Cauca, Colombia (3 fatalities)
December 24, 1937: Wibault 282/283, Kašperské Hory Plzeň Region, Czech Republic (3 fatalities)
December 23, 1937: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Horley Surrey, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 22, 1937: Fokker F7, France (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1937: Fairchild FC-2, Quebec Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1937: Koolhoven FK.43, Groningen Groningen, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1937: Short S.16 Scion, Aden 'Adan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Sorata Bolivia, Bolivia (8 fatalities)
December 13, 1937: Lockheed 10 Electra, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1937: Potez 621, Saillans Drôme, France (2 fatalities)
December 6, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Muldersdrift Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1937: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (2 fatalities)
December 4, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Munich Bavaria, Germany (4 fatalities)
December 3, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Wellington Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
December 1, 1937: Junkers W.34, Stockholm Uppland, Sweden (2 fatalities)
December 1, 1937: De Havilland DH.50, Cairns Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
November 23, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Petrich Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (6 fatalities)
November 16, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Ostend West Flanders, Belgium (11 fatalities)
November 15, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Roggentin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1937: Heinkel He.111, Mannheim Baden-Württemberg, Germany (10 fatalities)
November 11, 1937: Lockheed 10 Electra, Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (4 fatalities)
November 9, 1937: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Belfast Antrim, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1937: Simmonds Spartan, Quebec City Quebec, Canada (2 fatalities)
November 2, 1937: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Karamürsel Marmara Region, Türkiye (2 fatalities)
October 28, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Driffield AFB East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1937: Dewoitine D.333, Morocco (6 fatalities)
October 26, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Bircham Newton AFB Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Tutow Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1937: General Aircraft ST-18 Croydon, Ankara-Etimesgut Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
October 17, 1937: Douglas DC-3, Knight Wyoming, United States (19 fatalities)
October 16, 1937: De Havilland DH.50, Waipali Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1937: Junkers W.34, George Western Cape, South Africa (2 fatalities)
October 6, 1937: Douglas DC-3, Palembang South Sumatra, Indonesia (4 fatalities)
October 1, 1937: Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat, Greece (3 fatalities)
September 28, 1937: Ford 5, Puerto Cabezas Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1937: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Baie-Comeau Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1937: Faucett F.19, Lima Lima, Peru (8 fatalities)
September 11, 1937: Junkers W.34, Křemenáč Olomouc Region, Czech Republic (1 fatality)
September 11, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Guisborough Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
September 11, 1937: Fokker F9, Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Bratislava Region, Slovakia (0 fatalities)
September 10, 1937: Miles M.3B Falcon Major, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
September 10, 1937: Koolhoven FK.50, Basel Basel City, Switzerland (3 fatalities)
September 7, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Penmaenmawr Clwyd, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 27, 1937: Stinson SR-7 Reliant, Wau Morobe, Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
August 23, 1937: Douglas DC-2, San Luis San Luis, Argentina (3 fatalities)
August 21, 1937: Ford 5, Anchorage Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
August 17, 1937: De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly, Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1937: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1937: Vultee V-1, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1937: Boeing 247, Hanover Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1937: Bolkhovitinov DB-A, Russia (6 fatalities)
August 12, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Witney Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Daytona Beach Florida, United States (4 fatalities)
August 8, 1937: Sikorsky S-43, Daya Bay Guangdong, China (3 fatalities)
August 8, 1937: Farman F.190, Figueira da Foz Centro, Portugal (5 fatalities)
August 6, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Bistriţa Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania (6 fatalities)
August 5, 1937: Unnamed aircraft, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (1 fatality)
August 3, 1937: Bellanca C-27A Airbus, San Felíx Chiriquí, Panama (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1937: Sikorsky S-43, Colón Colón, Panama (14 fatalities)
August 2, 1937: Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, Wadi Halfa Northern, Sudan (9 fatalities)
August 1, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Bandung West Java, Indonesia (1 fatality)
August 1, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Kunming Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1937: Stinson SR-9 Reliant, Oslo Oslo City, Norway (5 fatalities)
July 30, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Tangmere AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1937: Junkers JU.86, Juba Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1937: Douglas DC-2, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (15 fatalities)
July 23, 1937: Stinson SR-9 Reliant, Edgartown Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Tangmere AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1937: Stinson SM-1 Detroiter, Sweden (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Broxbourne Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1937: Junkers F.13, Hjo Västergötland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1937: Lockheed 10 Electra, Pacific Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
June 29, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Southampton Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1937: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 25, 1937: Caudron C.630 Simoun, Zanzibar Unguja North Region, Tanzania (2 fatalities)
June 24, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Cambridge Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
June 21, 1937: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Saint Mary's Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
June 20, 1937: Travel Air 6000, Cerro Las Vueltas San José (Central Valley), Costa Rica (6 fatalities)
June 19, 1937: Fairchild FC-2, La Ronge Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 19, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Brisbane-Archerfield Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
June 19, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Brisbane-Archerfield Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
June 18, 1937: Avro 652 Anson, Leeds-Bradford West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 16, 1937: Noorduyn Norseman, Red Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1937: Junkers JU.52, Johannesburg-Rand Gauteng, South Africa (1 fatality)
June 14, 1937: Messerschmitt M.20, Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (0 fatalities)
June 12, 1937: Keystone LB-6, Maxwell AFB (Montgomery) Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1937: Avro 616 Avian IVM, New Glasgow Nova Scotia, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 9, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Melbourne Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Lillestrøm Akershus, Norway (1 fatality)
June 4, 1937: Junkers A.50, Brück Brandenburg, Germany (1 fatality)
June 3, 1937: Airspeed AS.6 Envoy, Burgos Castile and León, Spain (4 fatalities)
June 2, 1937: Sikorsky S-43, Desertores Island Región de Los Lagos, Chile (9 fatalities)
May 31, 1937: De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, Bassein Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Dublin Leinster, Ireland (1 fatality)
May 29, 1937: Ford 4, Belleville Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1937: Airspeed AS.5 Courier, Doncaster South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
May 27, 1937: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Ytre Sandsvær Buskerud, Norway (1 fatality)