Plane crashes in 1947
370 crashes worldwide in 1947, with 1,899 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 370
- Fatal crashes: 196
- Fatalities: 1,899
- First recorded: January 1, 1947
- Most recent: December 31, 1947
All crashes (page 4 of 4)
- February 21, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chongqing-Baishiyi Sichuan, China (21 fatalities)
- February 21, 1947: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Thule AFB (Pituffik) Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland (0 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 15, 1947: Savoia-Marchetti SM.95, Terracina Lazio, Italy (16 fatalities)
- February 14, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
- February 14, 1947: Douglas DC-3, League City Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 1947: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Robins AFB Georgia, United States (7 fatalities)
- February 13, 1947: Handley Page H.P.71 Halifax IX, Leek Staffordshire, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
- February 13, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (3 fatalities)
- February 12, 1947: Avro 652 Anson, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- February 11, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Mt Richter Oregon, United States (4 fatalities)
- February 11, 1947: Avro 685 York, Waterbeach AFB Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 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 4, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Triângulo (Ponte Nova) Minas Gerais, Brazil (4 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 29, 1947: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Mt Kerigomna Simbu (Chimbu), Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
- January 28, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Hankou Hubei, China (26 fatalities)
- January 26, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (22 fatalities)
- January 26, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Gilimanuk Bali, Indonesia (1 fatality)
- 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: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada (2 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: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Santa Rosa Island Florida, United States (1 fatality)
- January 22, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bückeburg Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
- January 22, 1947: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Schofields New South Wales, Australia (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: Junkers JU.86, Ronneby Blekinge, Sweden (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 16, 1947: Beechcraft D18, Twenthe AFB (Enschede) Overijssel, Netherlands (2 fatalities)
- January 16, 1947: Avro 685 York, Oakington Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1947: Lockheed C-37 Electra, Honduras (0 fatalities)
- January 15, 1947: Lockheed 10 Electra, Punta Chilota Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1947: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Puebla-Hermanos Serdán-Huejotzingo Puebla, Mexico (21 fatalities)
- January 14, 1947: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Fortaleza Ceará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1947: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Miramar NAS (San Diego) California, United States (5 fatalities)
- January 13, 1947: Noorduyn Norseman, Wendigo Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 12, 1947: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Galax Virginia, United States (18 fatalities)
- January 12, 1947: Miles M.57 Aerovan, Cherbourg-Maupertus Manche, France (0 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 8, 1947: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Jacksonville Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 7, 1947: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bukavu Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
- January 6, 1947: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Juba Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
- January 6, 1947: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Chicago-Midway Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 6, 1947: AAC.1 Toucan, Mt Ventoux Vaucluse, France (0 fatalities)
- January 5, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Jones Beach New York, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 5, 1947: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Qingdao Shandong, China (43 fatalities)
- January 3, 1947: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lerwick Shetland (Zetland), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 3, 1947: Douglas DC-3, Whitchurch AFB (Bristol) Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 3, 1947: Sikorsky S-43, São Paulo de Olivença Amazonas, Brazil (11 fatalities)
- January 2, 1947: Stearman C-3, Rivière-du-Loup Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 1, 1947: Douglas DC-2, Nashville Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)