Aviation Crash Map

Douglas DC-3C accidents

The NTSB database holds 55 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3C, recorded between 1963 to 2009. 13 of them were fatal (24%), and 35 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 7 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is takeoff (11 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Central African Republic and Canada.

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

55
Records
13
Fatal
35
Deaths
24%
Share fatal
1963 to 2009
Period
Show these on the map 14 of 55 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 10
1970s 19
1980s 9
1990s 13
2000s 4

Where these happened

United States 47 Central African Republic 1 Canada 1 Other-Foreign Countries 1 Bahamas 1 Haiti 1

Operators involved

Federal Aviati 5 Galaxy Air Cargo, Inc. 2 Frontier Airlines, Inc. 2 Amerine Turkey 1 Afrt Inc, 1 S.s.airways, In 1

All 55 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
1 Feb 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N15HC
 Houston, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Horizon Proper Fatal 5
12 Mar 1964 Douglas DC-3C
N61442
 Miles City Mont, Montana, United States
no coordinates
 Frontier Airlines, Inc. Fatal 5
15 Mar 1997 Douglas DC-3C/BT-67R
TZ389
 Newton, Wisconsin, United States - Fatal 4
15 Oct 2004 Douglas DC-3C
HK-1503
 Medellin, Colombia
no coordinates
 Aerovanguardia Fatal 3
11 Apr 1980 Douglas DC-3C
N64490
 Athol, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 3
17 Mar 2000 Douglas DC-3C
CFNTF
 Ennadai Lake, Canada
no coordinates
 Points North Air Services Fatal 2
10 Dec 1996 Douglas DC-3C
N75142
 Boise, Idaho, United States Desert Air Transport, Inc. Fatal 2
15 Dec 1994 Douglas DC-3C
N96BF
 Lobito, Central African Republic
no coordinates
 Sl-Aviation Services, Inc. Fatal 2
18 Mar 1994 Douglas DC-3C
N3433Y
 Spokane, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Salair Inc. Fatal 2
11 Sep 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N144A
 Wakeman, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
 Englert Invest Fatal 2
1 Oct 1970 Douglas DC-3C
N47
 Anchorage, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Federal Aviati Fatal 2
21 Dec 1967 Douglas DC-3C
N65276
 Denver, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Frontier Airlines, Inc. Fatal 2
10 Jan 1984 Douglas DC-3C
CGSCA
 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - Fatal 1
7 Jul 2009 Douglas DC-3C
N777YA
 Skwentna, Alaska, United States Bush Air Cargo Inc No injuries -
13 Aug 2001 Douglas DC-3C
N376AS
 Alturas, California, United States - Serious injuries -
17 Feb 1999 Douglas DC-3C
N15MA
 Nassau, Bahamas
no coordinates
 Florida Air Cargo, Inc. No injuries -
31 Jul 1998 Douglas DC-3C
N305SF
 Anchorage, Alaska, United States Galaxy Air Cargo, Inc. No injuries -
24 May 1998 Douglas DC-3C
N67588
 Anchorage, Alaska, United States Galaxy Air Cargo Inc. Minor injuries -
3 Feb 1998 Douglas DC-3C
N200MF
 Moss Town, Haiti
no coordinates
 Missionary Flight INT No injuries -
7 Nov 1997 Douglas DC-3C
N59316
 Memphis, Tennessee, United States - No injuries -
7 Oct 1993 Douglas DC-3C
N781T
 San Juan
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
20 Apr 1993 Douglas DC-3C
N8056
 Zephyrhills, Florida, United States Phoenix Air Inc. No injuries -
10 Mar 1992 Douglas DC-3C
N135FS
 San Juan
no coordinates
 Four Star Aviation Inc. No injuries -
20 Jul 1991 Douglas DC-3C
N96H
 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 B&M Enterprises No injuries -
26 Jun 1989 Douglas DC-3C
N8042X
 Petersburg, Alaska, United States California Air Tours, Inc No injuries -
6 Apr 1986 Douglas DC-3C
N25CE
 El Paso, Texas, United States - No injuries -
16 Dec 1985 Douglas DC-3C
N777YA
 Dillingham, Alaska, United States Lester L. Bingman No injuries -
30 May 1983 Douglas DC-3C
N29958
 Englewood, Colorado, United States Kimber Air, Inc. No injuries -
30 Jul 1982 Douglas DC-3C
N102BL
 El Paso, Texas, United States Pronto Aviation Services Minor injuries -
6 Jun 1982 Douglas DC-3C
N95C
 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Fromhagen Aviation, Inc. Serious injuries -
17 Jan 1981 Douglas DC-3C
N87652
 Miami, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 S.s.airways, In No injuries -
10 Nov 1979 Douglas DC-3C
N103CA
 Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Coker Aviation No injuries -
14 Dec 1978 Douglas DC-3C
N4996E
 Belle Glade, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
22 Sep 1976 Douglas DC-3C
N83FA
 Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 Falcon Airways No injuries -
18 Dec 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N18255
 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
no coordinates
 Basler FLT SER No injuries -
15 Dec 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N45
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
 Dot-Faa No injuries -
23 Aug 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N423MB
 Middletown, California, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
27 Mar 1975 Douglas DC-3C
N6
 Dubois, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Federal Aviati Serious injuries -
2 Mar 1973 Douglas DC-3C
N6574
 San Salvador, Other-Foreign Countries
no coordinates
 Abute Internat Serious injuries -
27 Jun 1972 Douglas DC-3C
N50321
 Rochester, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Afrt Inc, No injuries -
11 Oct 1971 Douglas DC-3C
N514X
 New Braunfels, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Mid-America HO No injuries -
26 Jul 1971 Douglas DC-3C
N51041
 Redmond, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 U.s.forest SER No injuries -
11 Mar 1971 Douglas DC-3C
N25
 Lubbock, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Dept.of Transp No injuries -
14 Feb 1971 Douglas DC-3C
N14273
 Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
no coordinates
 Patterson-McCa Serious injuries -
4 Jan 1971 Douglas DC-3C
N7
 New York, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Federal Aviati Serious injuries -
13 Jun 1970 Douglas DC-3C
N1549V
 San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
21 May 1970 Douglas DC-3C
N75430
 Barrow, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 - Minor injuries -
25 Nov 1968 Douglas DC-3C
N27
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 Federal Aviati No injuries -
26 Sep 1968 Douglas DC-3C
N64423
 Teterboro, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Eastern Aviati No injuries -
3 Aug 1968 Douglas DC-3C
N52935
 Walls, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
 Jack Adams ACF No injuries -