De Havilland DHC-3 accidents

The NTSB database holds 65 accidents and incidents involving the De Havilland DHC-3, recorded between 1969 to 2026. 10 of them were fatal (15%), and 47 people died.

The deadliest year was 2013, with 10 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is takeoff (10 records).

Most of these records are from United States.

27 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

15%

Share fatal

1969 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 38 of 65 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 17

1980s 15

1990s 10

2000s 10

2010s 4

2020s 8

Where these happened

United States 64

Operators involved

Sea-Airmotive* 3 Maxson Aviatio 3 Woods Air Serv 2 Channel Flying 2 Woods Air Service 2 Kachemak Air Service 1

All 65 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Jul 1979	De Havilland DHC-3 N90575	Trail Creek, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Maxson Aviatio	No injuries	-
21 Nov 1978	De Havilland DHC-3 N3382	Crab Bay, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Channel Flying	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1978	De Havilland DHC-3 N26641	Kotzebue, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Maxson Aviatio	No injuries	-
16 Jan 1977	De Havilland DHC-3 N521BK	New Minto, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Frontier Flyin	No injuries	-
29 Sep 1976	De Havilland DHC-3 N90574	Eureka, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Jun 1976	De Havilland DHC-3 N26641	Kotzebue, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Maxson Aviatio	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1976	De Havilland DHC-3 N35310	Upolu Point, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Horizon Air SE	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1975	De Havilland DHC-3 N90575	Kuskokwim Rvr, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Fairbank Flyin	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1975	De Havilland DHC-3 N567AA	Auburn, Washington, United States no coordinates	Auburn Adventi	No injuries	-
31 Jul 1975	De Havilland DHC-3 N3382	Hawk Inlet, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Channel Flying	No injuries	-
15 May 1975	De Havilland DHC-3 N35310	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Horizon Air S*	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1975	De Havilland DHC-3 N22UT	Winchester, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	University of	Serious injuries	-
6 Aug 1974	De Havilland DHC-3 N98T	Bethel, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea Airmotive*	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1973	De Havilland DHC-3 N98T	Eek, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea-Airmotive*	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1969	De Havilland DHC-3 N98T	Port Moller, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea Airmotive	No injuries	-