Douglas DC3C accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC3C, recorded between 1968 to 2026. 4 of them were fatal (27%), and 19 people died.

The deadliest year was 1998, with 11 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and Guatemala.

7 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

1968 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 8 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 4

1980s 3

1990s 3

2010s 3

2020s 1

Where these happened

United States 13 Bahamas 1 Guatemala 1

Operators involved

AFM Hardware Inc 1 Hemisphere Air 1 Bush Air Cargo, Inc. 1 Interplast, Inc 1 Atlantic Air Cargo Inc 1 Frontier Flyin 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Nov 1998	Douglas DC3C N3FY	Quetzaltenanang, Guatemala no coordinates	Living Water Teaching Inc	Fatal	11
22 May 1989	Douglas DC3C-S13CG N47CE	Waterman, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
11 Aug 1984	Douglas DC3C-S1C3G N70003	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Aviation Enterprises, Inc.	Fatal	3
21 Jan 2019	Douglas DC3C N467KS	Kidron, Ohio, United States	AFM Hardware Inc	Fatal	2
8 May 2026	Douglas DC3C N115U	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Desert Air Transport Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Oct 2019	Douglas DC3C S1C3G N437GB	Nassau, Bahamas	Atlantic Air Cargo Inc	Minor injuries	-
1 Aug 2019	Douglas DC3C N59314	Kenai, Alaska, United States	Bush Air Cargo, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1999	Douglas DC3C-S4C4G N79017	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	-	No injuries	-
31 Jan 1994	Douglas DC3C N907Z	Anderson, Indiana, United States	Miami Valley Aviation	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1984	Douglas DC3C N3433U	El Paso, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 Dec 1979	Douglas DC3C N100SD	St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States no coordinates	Aero Virgin IS	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1979	Douglas DC3C N59314	Bettles, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Frontier Flyin	No injuries	-
18 Apr 1974	Douglas DC3C N90830	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Mar 1974	Douglas DC3C N190BB	Imperial, California, United States no coordinates	Interplast, Inc	No injuries	-
3 May 1968	Douglas DC3C N88829	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Hemisphere Air	No injuries	-