Douglas DC3 accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC3, recorded between 1964 to 2022. 4 of them were fatal (27%), and 21 people died.

The deadliest year was 2019, with 14 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is takeoff (3 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Colombia and Africa.

9 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

27%

Share fatal

1964 to 2022

Period

Show these on the map 6 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 2

1970s 3

1980s 2

2000s 1

2010s 4

2020s 3

Where these happened

United States 8 Colombia 6 Africa 1

Operators involved

Four Star Aviation Inc 1 Aerolineas Llaneras Ltda. - Arall Ltda 1 Frontier Airlines, Inc. 1 Air Colombia 1 Central 1 Commemorative Air Force 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Mar 2019	Douglas DC3 HK2494	Vereda La Bendicion, Colombia	Latinoamericana de Servicios Aereos - Laser S.a.s	Fatal	14
8 Jul 2021	Douglas DC3 HK-2820	Restrepo, Colombia	Aliansa Airlines	Fatal	3
5 Dec 1978	Douglas DC3 N25656	Lorida, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
10 Sep 1965	Douglas DC3 N272R	Louisville Ky, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Central	Fatal	1
8 Apr 2022	Douglas DC3 HK5016	San Felipe, Colombia no coordinates	Aerolineas Andinas S.a - Aliansa S.a	No injuries	-
26 Aug 2020	Douglas DC3 HK2006	San Jose del Guaviere, Colombia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Jul 2018	Douglas DC3 N47HL	Burnet, Texas, United States	Commemorative Air Force	Serious injuries	-
11 Jul 2018	Douglas DC3 HK3293	Guainia, Colombia no coordinates	Air Colombia	Minor injuries	-
7 Apr 2016	Douglas DC3 HK2663	Puerto Gaitan, Colombia	Aerolineas Llaneras Ltda. - Arall Ltda	Minor injuries	-
26 Apr 2009	Douglas DC3 N136FS	San Juan, United States	Four Star Aviation Inc	No injuries	-
5 May 1985	Douglas DC3 N157U	Perris, California, United States no coordinates	Perris Valley Paracenter	No injuries	-
18 Sep 1984	Douglas DC3 N143D	Boca Raton, Florida, United States	Academy Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1979	Douglas DC3-C N77B	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Florida Airlin	No injuries	-
17 Jun 1973	Douglas DC3 N7119	Tamnrsset, Africa no coordinates	Aero Service C	Minor injuries	-
23 Jul 1964	Douglas DC3 N64910	Gallup Nm, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-