Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) accidents and incidents
CrashAtlas records 76 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3), accounting for 157 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
76
Recorded accidents
157
Fatalities in this listing
1944–1977
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-02-27 | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB · 2040 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Brazil | 23 |
| 1958-03-24 | Indian Airlines · VT-CYN | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Nepal | 20 |
| 1958-05-31 | Air France · F-BHKV | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Algeria | 15 |
| 1944-12-29 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15528 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 13 |
| 1947-01-25 | Spencer Airways · VP-YFD | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United Kingdom | 12 |
| 1961-03-09 | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV · YV-C-AZQ | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Venezuela | 12 |
| 1955-06-29 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15594 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 10 |
| 1955-03-18 | Air France · F-BAXL | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | France | 9 |
| 1945-06-17 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15447 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 8 |
| 1949-02-05 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15578 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Iran | 7 |
| 1971-04-25 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15555 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 5 |
| 1944-09-21 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF - 315TCG/310TCS · 43-15612 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Netherlands | 5 |
| 1945-03-24 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15493 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Germany | 4 |
| 1944-12-03 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15500 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | France | 4 |
| 1951-04-30 | Armada Argentina, Comando de Aviación Naval · 0187/3-T-23 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Argentina | 4 |
| 1958-07-08 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15467 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Japan | 2 |
| 1944-09-23 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF - 61TCG/14Sq · 43-15609 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Netherlands | 1 |
| 1944-06-07 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15615 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1964-06-21 | TASSA - Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara, SA · EC-AQH | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Spain | 1 |
| 1944-08-12 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15598 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 1 |
| 1944-07-20 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15563 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1944-07-13 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15604 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1944-10-22 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15453 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Indonesia | 0 |
| 1945-04-16 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15628 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Germany | 0 |
| 1961-04-05 | L'Armée de L'Air · 315545/FSDZB | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Algeria | 0 |
| 1962-07-01 | United Nations - UN · UN-203 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 0 |
| 1945-04-25 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15483 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-12-10 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15456 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 1945-08-16 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15441 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-12-24 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15487 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-09-18 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15629 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Netherlands | 0 |
| 1944-05-05 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15515 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 1944-07-16 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15560 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1944-09-21 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15489 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 1945-04-05 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15434 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Indonesia | 0 |
| 1952-09-05 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15599 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Greenland | 0 |
| 1944-05-08 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15440 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 1945-03-07 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15471 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1977-10-02 | Jack Lenhardt · N98H | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Colombia | 0 |
| 1944-04-13 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15595 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1970-07-17 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15583 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Vietnam | 0 |
| 1945-03-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15458 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-12-13 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15516 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United Kingdom | 0 |
| 1944-11-14 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15451 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-09-23 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15443 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | India | 0 |
| 1959-12-04 | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB · 2060 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Brazil | 0 |
| 1944-06-07 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15632 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | France | 0 |
| 1951-06-17 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15600 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1944-12-04 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15626 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | France | 0 |
| 1945-03-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15435 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1968-02-29 | Millers Aviation · N525W | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1950-05-01 | French High Commissioner to Cameroon · F-OAFP | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Burkina Faso | 0 |
| 1944-12-01 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15476 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Indonesia | 0 |
| 1944-12-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15457 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 1946-08-08 | Trans Caribbean Air Cargo Line · NC50040 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1945-01-13 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15548 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1944-07-29 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15552 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1966-03-26 | Royal Thai Air Force - RTAF · L2-18/00 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Laos | 0 |
| 1944-08-12 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15621 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Italy | 0 |
| 1945-04-24 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15502 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Germany | 0 |
| 1977-04-16 | Far Eastern Air Transport - FEAT · B-247 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Taiwan | 0 |
| 1950-03-28 | United States Air Force - USAF · 43-15557 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1953-10-17 | Aerolineas Argentinas · LV-AGE | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Argentina | 0 |
| 1944-08-10 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15473 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Australia | 0 |
| 1945-03-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15488 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-04-15 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15570 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1945-04-17 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15459 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-05-14 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15463 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1945-03-03 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15482 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1945-04-14 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15630 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Germany | 0 |
| 1974-01-21 | Trans Nusantara Airways, lsf Garuda Indonesia Airways · PK-GDC | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Australia | 0 |
| 1944-09-18 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15498 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Netherlands | 0 |
| 1945-08-12 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15446 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1945-01-25 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15523 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |
| 1945-07-15 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15460 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | Philippines | 0 |
| 1944-10-12 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 43-15549 | Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) | United States of America | 0 |