Douglas DC-3 accidents and incidents
CrashAtlas records 84 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3, accounting for 405 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
84
Recorded accidents
405
Fatalities in this listing
1941–2019
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-09-12 | Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence-STAAP · F-BEIZ | Douglas DC-3 | Mediterranean Sea | 39 |
| 1968-02-24 | Royal Air Lao · XW-TAD | Douglas DC-3 | Laos | 37 |
| 1963-05-12 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-AJX | Douglas DC-3 | Egypt | 34 |
| 1954-11-16 | Transportes Aéreos Militares - TAM Perú · 403 | Douglas DC-3 | Peru | 24 |
| 1949-02-24 | Transportes Aéreos Militares - TAM Perú | Douglas DC-3 | Peru | 22 |
| 1951-01-20 | Transportes Aéreos Militares - TAM Perú | Douglas DC-3 | Peru | 19 |
| 1947-01-25 | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC · 138 | Douglas DC-3 | China | 19 |
| 1951-04-09 | Siamese Airways · HS-SAE | Douglas DC-3 | Hong Kong | 16 |
| 1946-11-13 | Communicaciones Aéreas de Veracruz · XA-FOZ | Douglas DC-3 | Mexico | 15 |
| 1953-10-19 | Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) · XC-PMX | Douglas DC-3 | Mexico | 15 |
| 2019-03-09 | LASER Aéreo Colombia · HK-2494 | Douglas DC-3 | Colombia | 14 |
| 1952-03-29 | TACA de Venezuela · YV-C-AZU | Douglas DC-3 | Venezuela | 12 |
| 1948-02-22 | Commercial Airways · PI-C262 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 12 |
| 1958-01-21 | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM · TAM-04 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 11 |
| 1967-12-07 | Lao Cathay Airlines · XW-PFM | Douglas DC-3 | Laos | 10 |
| 1974-11-11 | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM · TAM-34 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 10 |
| 1952-12-21 | Syrian Airways · YK-AAF | Douglas DC-3 | Syria | 9 |
| 1941-07-26 | Soviet Air Force | Douglas DC-3 | Russia | 7 |
| 1959-12-05 | Comisión Federal de Electricidad - CFE | Douglas DC-3 | Mexico | 7 |
| 1974-10-03 | Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca | Douglas DC-3 | Guatemala | 6 |
| 1947-11-22 | Philippine Air Express | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 5 |
| 1946-12-16 | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC | Douglas DC-3 | China | 5 |
| 1972-02-10 | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Douglas DC-3 | Bangladesh | 5 |
| 1967-02-28 | Compania Aéreo Amazonas | Douglas DC-3 | Ecuador | 4 |
| 1968-01-15 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-AJG | Douglas DC-3 | Egypt | 4 |
| 1970-01-02 | Xieng Khouang Air Transport, lsf Bird & Sons · XW-PGJ | Douglas DC-3 | Laos | 4 |
| 1975-04-11 | Sorya Airlines · XW-PKT ? | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 3 |
| 1980-07-12 | Unknown | Douglas DC-3 | Haiti | 3 |
| 1954-08-12 | Autrex · F-BSGS | Douglas DC-3 | Vietnam | 3 |
| 1973-05-04 | Air Cambodge | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 3 |
| 1947-10-17 | Civil Air Transport | Douglas DC-3 | China | 3 |
| 1947-10-16 | Strato-Freight | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 3 |
| 1962-05-15 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-AJM | Douglas DC-3 | Egypt | 3 |
| 1960-02-25 | Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria · 211 | Douglas DC-3 | Cuba | 3 |
| 1956-10-19 | Indian Airlines · VT-DGK | Douglas DC-3 | India | 3 |
| 1966-11-26 | Unknown | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 2 |
| 1948-12-12 | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC | Douglas DC-3 | Taiwan | 2 |
| 1947-10-27 | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC | Douglas DC-3 | China | 2 |
| 1971-12-21 | Lao Airlines - S.A. de Transports Aériens · XW-TFC | Douglas DC-3 | Laos | 2 |
| 1958-02-11 | AVENSA · YV-C-AVS | Douglas DC-3 | Venezuela | 2 |
| 1948-02-10 | Gulf Transportation Co. | Douglas DC-3 | Mexico | 1 |
| 1959-10-26 | Pacific Air Lines 308 | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 1 |
| 1949-09-01 | Transportes Aéreos de Jalisco - TAJ · XA-GAO | Douglas DC-3 | Mexico | 1 |
| 1947-12-26 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C10 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1981-01-28 | Sudene-Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste · PP-ZNU | Douglas DC-3 | Brazil | 0 |
| 1953-11-03 | Lloyd Aereo Boliviano · CP-600 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1967-10-14 | Aguinaldo Development · PI-C648 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1947-09-13 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C59 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1950-01-18 | Trans Asiatic Airlines · PI-C184 | Douglas DC-3 | Myanmar | 0 |
| 1969-05-18 | Aerovias Quisqueyana · HI-159 | Douglas DC-3 | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| 1987-12-08 | Transportes Aereos San Miguel · CP-1059 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1947-03-19 | Pan African Air Charter · ZS-AUK | Douglas DC-3 | Uganda | 0 |
| 1958-03-22 | Fleming Airways System Transport · PI-C626 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1973-12-03 | Air Union · XW-PHV | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1974-10-08 | Khmer Airlines · XW-PKX | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1947-01-22 | Allegheny Air Cargo | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 0 |
| 1975-09-16 | Alyemda · 7O-ABP | Douglas DC-3 | Yemen | 0 |
| 1974-07-03 | Lane Xang Airlines · XW-PKT | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1965-09-07 | Indian Airlines | Douglas DC-3 | India | 0 |
| 1946-10-01 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C59 ?? | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1949-06-13 | El Al Israel Airlines | Douglas DC-3 | Israel | 0 |
| 1973-09-12 | Lane Xang Airlines · XW-PKD | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1983-02-15 | Ontario Central Airlines · C-FBKX | Douglas DC-3 | Canada | 0 |
| 1946-11-09 | Arnold Air Service | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 0 |
| 1948-05-17 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C143 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1991-01-04 | Aeromarket Express · EC-EQH | Douglas DC-3 | Spain | 0 |
| 1947-12-26 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C3 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 2003-10-02 | Unknown | Douglas DC-3 | Colombia | 0 |
| 1949-02-10 | Lutheran Mission · XT-T72 | Douglas DC-3 | China | 0 |
| 1985-09-10 | Collier County Mosquito Control Distr. | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 0 |
| 1978-07-26 | Aviateca · TG-ATA | Douglas DC-3 | Guatemala | 0 |
| 1972-07-07 | Cambodia Air Commercial · XW-PHW | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1946-10-16 | Far East Air Transport · PI-C92 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 2004-08-13 | Private · N22RB | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 0 |
| 1972-11-01 | Yemen Airlines · 4W-ABJ | Douglas DC-3 | Yemen | 0 |
| 1962-10-23 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C485 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1965-06-01 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-AJW | Douglas DC-3 | Egypt | 0 |
| 1970-02-12 | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM · TAM-11 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1956-02-16 | Saudi Arabian Airlines · HZ-AAO | Douglas DC-3 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 1946-03-08 | Air Cargo Transport · NC13726 | Douglas DC-3 | United States of America | 0 |
| 1948-01-21 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C145 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |
| 1970-07-14 | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM · TAM-17 | Douglas DC-3 | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1974-05-28 | Air Union · XW-TFN | Douglas DC-3 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 1947-12-26 | Philippine Air Lines · PI-C53 | Douglas DC-3 | Philippines | 0 |