Plane crashes in 1946

421 crashes worldwide in 1946, with 2,049 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 421
Fatal crashes: 232
Fatalities: 2,049
First recorded: January 1, 1946
Most recent: December 31, 1946

Deadliest

October 3, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Stephenville Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (39 fatalities)
December 10, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mt Rainier Washington, United States (32 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Shanghai-Longhua Shanghai, China (31 fatalities)
September 20, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Xichang Sichuan, China (31 fatalities)
July 17, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cuenca Azuay, Ecuador (30 fatalities)

Countries

United Kingdom (71)
United States (57)
France (22)
Canada (20)
China (20)
Russia (13)
Brazil (11)
Mexico (11)
Myanmar (11)
India (10)
Philippines (9)
Indonesia (8)

Manufacturers

Douglas (181)
Avro (60)
Lockheed (20)
Consolidated (17)
De Havilland (17)
Vickers (16)
Airspeed (11)
Curtiss (10)
Handley Page (9)
Boeing (8)
AAC.1 (7)
Lisunov (7)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 5)

December 31, 1946: Lockheed 5 Vega, Hidalgo del Parral Chihuahua, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Charleston-Intl South Carolina, United States (5 fatalities)
December 31, 1946: Junkers JU.52, Taldykorgan Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (4 fatalities)
December 31, 1946: Ford 5, Puerto Cabezas Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1946: Martin PBM Mariner, Antarctica (3 fatalities)
December 28, 1946: Douglas C-50 (DC-3), Michigan City Indiana, United States (2 fatalities)
December 28, 1946: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Shannon Munster, Ireland (9 fatalities)
December 28, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Walshville Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
December 25, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Shanghai-Longhua Shanghai, China (31 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: Percival Q.6 Petrel, United Kingdom (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: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mont-Joli Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 23, 1946: Avro 685 York, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (21 fatalities)
December 23, 1946: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Villemorien Aube, France (0 fatalities)
December 23, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Luqa, Malta (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1946: Martin B-26 Marauder, Toulouse-Francazal Haute-Garonne, France (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Buenaventura Valle del Cauca, Colombia (1 fatality)
December 20, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Fredrikstad Østfold, Norway (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: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Abadan Khuzestan, Iran (3 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 13, 1946: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, Kara Sea, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mt Rainier Washington, United States (32 fatalities)
December 10, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Osaka-Itami Kansai, Japan (24 fatalities)
December 9, 1946: Noorduyn Norseman, Indian Lake British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1946: Supermarine Walrus, Cape Town Western Cape, South Africa (1 fatality)
December 7, 1946: Kawasaki Ki-56, Susuman Magadan oblast, Russia (7 fatalities)
December 4, 1946: Lisunov LI-2, Mashhad Razavi Khorasan, Iran (24 fatalities)
December 3, 1946: Grumman G-21A Goose, Baños de Agua Santa Tungurahua, Ecuador (5 fatalities)
December 2, 1946: Martin B-26 Marauder, Le Ballon d'Alsace Haut-Rhin, France (12 fatalities)
December 2, 1946: Avro 685 York, Luqa, Malta (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, San Juan, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1946: Vickers Viking, El Palomar AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (5 fatalities)
November 29, 1946: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Petropólis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (5 fatalities)
November 28, 1946: Avro 685 York, Brize Norton AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (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 22, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1946: Avro 685 York, Helwan Cairo, Egypt (6 fatalities)
November 19, 1946: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Gauli Glacier Bern, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
November 19, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Shannon Munster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Lons-le-Saunier Jura, France (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1946: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Iwo Jima, Japan (23 fatalities)
November 15, 1946: Ford 4, Ayuy Morona Santiago, Ecuador (1 fatality)
November 14, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands (26 fatalities)
November 13, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania (0 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)
November 10, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Meridian Mississippi, United States (0 fatalities)
November 9, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
November 9, 1946: Lisunov LI-2, Ufa Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (6 fatalities)
November 9, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Anchorage Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Hamm North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (7 fatalities)
November 6, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shere Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1946: Lisunov LI-2, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
November 5, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (13 fatalities)
November 5, 1946: Lisunov LI-2, Yamshchina Moscow oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
November 3, 1946: Avro 685 York, New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (0 fatalities)
November 2, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Caribbean Sea, World (8 fatalities)
November 1, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Daejeon Daejeon, South Korea (1 fatality)
November 1, 1946: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Aiguille des Glaciers Haute-Savoie, France (8 fatalities)
November 1, 1946: AAC.1 Toucan, Saint-Léger-la-Montagne Haute-Vienne, France (24 fatalities)
October 31, 1946: Lisunov LI-2, Tashauz Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1946: Avro 19, Lubushi Northern, Zambia (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1946: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Goxhill AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 29, 1946: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1946: AAC.1 Toucan, Wadi El Rayan Faiyum, Egypt (1 fatality)
October 22, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Simmerath North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1 fatality)
October 22, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Membury AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, North Sea, World (4 fatalities)
October 22, 1946: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Catanduva São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1946: Avro 685 York, Calcutta West Bengal, India (3 fatalities)
October 17, 1946: Lockheed 10 Electra, Yoro Yoro, Honduras (7 fatalities)
October 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Laramie-General Herbert J. Brees Wyoming, United States (13 fatalities)
October 17, 1946: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Sandridge Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 17, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (11 fatalities)
October 16, 1946: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1946: Douglas DC-3, Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1946: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1946: Avro 652 Anson, Chambéry-Aix-les-Bains Savoie, France (5 fatalities)
October 13, 1946: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Vichy Allier, France (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Wundi Island Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1946: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Wilmington-New Castle County Delaware, United States (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1946: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Alexandria Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1946: Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII, Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
October 11, 1946: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (5 fatalities)
October 11, 1946: North American B-25 Mitchell, Springfield Virginia, United States (5 fatalities)
October 10, 1946: AAC.1 Toucan, Sefrou Fès-Boulemane, Morocco (16 fatalities)
October 8, 1946: Douglas DC-4, Cheyenne Wyoming, United States (2 fatalities)
October 7, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Corpus Christi NAS Texas, United States (0 fatalities)