Douglas DC-6 accidents

The NTSB database holds 22 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-6, recorded between 1962 to 2013. 3 of them were fatal (14%), and 7 people died.

The deadliest year was 1978, with 4 deaths.

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

Most of these records are from United States and Asia.

20 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

14%

Share fatal

1962 to 2013

Period

Show these on the map 2 of 22 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 15

1970s 3

1980s 2

1990s 1

2010s 1

Where these happened

United States 20 Asia 2

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 6 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3 American Airlines, Inc. 2 Mercer Airlines, Inc. 1 Zantop International Airlines 1 Western Air Lines, Inc. 1

All 22 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Aug 1978	Douglas DC-6 N122A	Muscat, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
8 Feb 1976	Douglas DC-6 N901MA	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	Mercer Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	3
25 Nov 2013	Douglas DC-6 N100CE	Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States	Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd	No injuries	-
1 Apr 1996	Douglas DC-6-B N861TA	Beluga, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1980	Douglas DC-6 N2878F	Dillingham, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Ball Brothers	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1980	Douglas DC-6 N111AS	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Zantop International Airlines	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1970	Douglas DC-6 N90781	Oshima Isle, Asia no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Feb 1968	Douglas DC-6 N1906M	Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Sep 1967	Douglas DC-6 N37516	Vandalia, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	-
24 Jan 1967	Douglas DC-6 N74841	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	Saturn Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Mar 1966	Douglas DC-6 N1904M	Birmingham Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Oct 1965	Douglas DC-6 N90748	Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1965	Douglas DC-6 N37519	Huntsville Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Jul 1965	Douglas DC-6 N6575C	San Jose Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Zantop Air Transport	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1965	Douglas DC-6 N90731	Buffalo Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Nov 1964	Douglas DC-6 N37535	Newyork Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1964	Douglas DC-6 N37501	Robbinsville Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1964	Douglas DC-6 N93128	San Francisco Cal, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Sep 1964	Douglas DC-6 N90885	New Orleans la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1963	Douglas DC-6 N1907M	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1962	Douglas DC-6 N37503	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-6 N37538	Fillmore, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-