Douglas DC-7C accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-7C, recorded between 1962 to 1993. 5 of them were fatal (33%), and 118 people died.

The deadliest year was 1963, with 101 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (5 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Other-Foreign Countries and Central America.

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

Records

Fatal

118

Deaths

33%

Share fatal

1962 to 1993

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 8

1970s 5

1980s 1

1990s 1

Where these happened

United States 11 Other-Foreign Countries 1 Central America 1 Dominican Republic 1 Asia 1

Operators involved

Airlift International, Inc. 3 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 2 Modern Air Transport, Inc. 1 Universal Airlines, Inc. 1 Warnaco, Inc 1 Advanced Avtn 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Jun 1963	Douglas DC-7C N290	Annette Isld, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	101
14 Sep 1979	Douglas DC-7C N4SW	Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Butler Aircraf	Fatal	12
21 Jun 1973	Douglas DC-7C N296	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Warnaco, Inc	Fatal	3
22 Jun 1979	Douglas DC-7C N357AL	Daggett, California, United States no coordinates	Vintage Air	Fatal	1
6 Sep 1978	Douglas DC-7C N244B	Farmersville, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Advanced Avtn	Fatal	1
18 Feb 1993	Douglas DC-7C HI599	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic no coordinates	Aerochargo	Unknown	-
2 Jul 1983	Douglas DC-7C N284	King Salmon, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1977	Douglas DC-7C N75000	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Sep 1968	Douglas DC-7C N356AL	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Sep 1968	Douglas DC-7C N7466	Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Universal Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Dec 1966	Douglas DC-7C N4059K	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Sep 1966	Douglas DC-7C N2282	Tokyo, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Sep 1966	Douglas DC-7C N382M	Miami Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Modern Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Aug 1963	Douglas DC-7C N5906	Panama Cty, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7C N285	Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-