Douglas DC-6B accidents and incidents
CrashAtlas records 59 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-6B, accounting for 1,048 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
59
Recorded accidents
1,048
Fatalities in this listing
1951–1999
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-12-08 | Olympic Airways 954 | Douglas DC-6B | Greece | 90 |
| 1965-02-06 | LAN Chile · CC-CCG | Douglas DC-6B | Chile | 87 |
| 1961-09-10 | President Airlines · N90773 | Douglas DC-6B | Ireland | 83 |
| 1964-10-02 | Union de Transports Aériens - UTA · F-BHMS | Douglas DC-6B | Spain | 80 |
| 1985-07-24 | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana · FAC-902 | Douglas DC-6B | Colombia | 80 |
| 1969-09-26 | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB · CP-698 | Douglas DC-6B | Bolivia | 74 |
| 1963-05-03 | Air Afrique · F-BIAO | Douglas DC-6B | Cameroon | 55 |
| 1965-07-08 | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL 21 | Douglas DC-6B | Canada | 52 |
| 1956-02-20 | Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux - TAI · F-BGOD | Douglas DC-6B | Egypt | 52 |
| 1951-08-24 | United Airlines 615 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 50 |
| 1955-11-01 | United Airlines 629 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 44 |
| 1963-03-15 | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB · CP-707 | Douglas DC-6B | Peru | 39 |
| 1977-07-24 | Fuerza Aérea de Chile · 989 | Douglas DC-6B | Chile | 38 |
| 1960-01-06 | National Airlines 2511 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 34 |
| 1956-11-24 | Linee Aeree Italiane - LAI · I-LEAD | Douglas DC-6B | France | 34 |
| 1954-12-18 | Linee Aeree Italiane - LAI 451 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 26 |
| 1954-08-23 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines · PH-DFO | Douglas DC-6B | Netherlands | 21 |
| 1961-09-18 | United Nations - UN, lsf Transair Sweden · SE-BDY | Douglas DC-6B | Zambia | 16 |
| 1968-03-09 | L'Armée de L'Air · 43748 | Douglas DC-6B | Reunion | 16 |
| 1956-08-29 | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL 307 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 15 |
| 1969-12-22 | Air Vietnam · B-2005 | Douglas DC-6B | Vietnam | 10 |
| 1953-04-20 | Western Air Lines 636 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 8 |
| 1988-05-24 | Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses · YN-CBE | Douglas DC-6B | Panama | 6 |
| 1962-03-08 | Società Aerea Mediterranea - SAM · I-DIMO | Douglas DC-6B | Italy | 5 |
| 1985-04-22 | Securité Civile · F-ZBAE | Douglas DC-6B | France | 5 |
| 1978-08-27 | New World Air Charter · N122A | Douglas DC-6B | Oman | 4 |
| 1986-07-19 | Securité Civile · F-ZBBU | Douglas DC-6B | Spain | 4 |
| 1966-02-18 | Belgian International Air Services · OO-ABG | Douglas DC-6B | Italy | 4 |
| 1979-02-26 | Air Gabon · TR-LXN | Douglas DC-6B | Gabon | 3 |
| 1958-12-26 | Union Aéromaritime de Transport · F-BGTZ | Douglas DC-6B | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| 1978-06-08 | Aviateca · TG-ADA | Douglas DC-6B | Guatemala | 3 |
| 1980-09-15 | JMG Inc · N9018N | Douglas DC-6B | Haiti | 3 |
| 1971-10-19 | LADECO - Línea Aérea Del Cobre · HI-146 | Douglas DC-6B | Argentina | 3 |
| 1963-04-07 | Syrian Arab Airlines · YK-AEB | Douglas DC-6B | Syria | 1 |
| 1998-01-02 | Woods Air Fuel · N861TA | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 0 |
| 1963-04-13 | Sterling Airways · OY-EAP | Douglas DC-6B | Denmark | 0 |
| 1973-07-14 | Faucett Perú · OB-R-920 | Douglas DC-6B | Peru | 0 |
| 1957-11-28 | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS · SE-BDP | Douglas DC-6B | Sweden | 0 |
| 1970-03-12 | Ethiopian Airlines · ET-AAY | Douglas DC-6B | Eritrea | 0 |
| 1967-02-24 | Northeast Airlines · N8224H | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 0 |
| 1972-04-10 | Inair Panama · HP-539 | Douglas DC-6B | Brazil | 0 |
| 1967-12-23 | Sterling Airways 821 | Douglas DC-6B | Sweden | 0 |
| 1969-04-02 | Air Vietnam · XV-NUC | Douglas DC-6B | Vietnam | 0 |
| 1970-11-16 | Transportes Aéreos Latinoamericanos - TALA · N6113C | Douglas DC-6B | Argentina | 0 |
| 1961-11-15 | National Airlines 120 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 0 |
| 1958-08-28 | Northwest Orient Airlines · N575 | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 0 |
| 1970-11-05 | Olympic Airways · SX-DAI | Douglas DC-6B | Greece | 0 |
| 1999-10-12 | Air Beni · CP-2291 | Douglas DC-6B | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1978-02-17 | Skyways International · N6523C | Douglas DC-6B | Honduras | 0 |
| 1965-06-06 | Filipinas Orient Airways · PI-C950 | Douglas DC-6B | Philippines | 0 |
| 1992-08-24 | Ronald P.Lippert · N1125J | Douglas DC-6B | United States of America | 0 |
| 1974-01-02 | Yvonne A Culbertson · OH-KDC | Douglas DC-6B | Belgium | 0 |
| 1967-01-24 | United Arab Airlines - UAA · SU-ANL | Douglas DC-6B | Yemen | 0 |
| 1971-10-22 | Europe Aero Service - EAS · F-BNUZ | Douglas DC-6B | France | 0 |
| 1970-12-20 | Sobelair · OO-CTL | Douglas DC-6B | Spain | 0 |
| 1976-10-13 | Ethiopian Airlines · ET-AAZ | Douglas DC-6B | Eritrea | 0 |
| 1974-10-04 | Delta Air Transport - DAT · OO-VGB | Douglas DC-6B | United Kingdom | 0 |
| 1993-06-20 | Frireyes · CP-1651 | Douglas DC-6B | Bolivia | 0 |
| 1990-12-15 | Frigorifico Santa Rita · CP-1953 | Douglas DC-6B | Bolivia | 0 |