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This is a list of pages listing accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 [a], including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.
The left propeller separated and a blade penetrated the fuselage, injuring the pilot (who later died). The aircraft then caught fire and the crew were unable to access the cabin due to the fire, and escaped via a hole in the fuselage made by the propeller. Of the 26 on board, only 2 passengers and 2 crew survived. [14] February 28
^Note A Military versions of the DC-3 were known as C-47 Skytrain, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53 Skytrooper, C-68, C-84, C-117 Super Dakota and YC-129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy. In Royal Air Force (and other British Commonwealth air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.
During World War II, many civilian DC-3s were drafted for the war effort and more than 10,000 U.S. military versions of the DC-3 were built, under the designations C-47, C-53, R4D, and Dakota. Peak production was reached in 1944, with 4,853 being delivered.
In the United Kingdom, a DC-3 (converted from a C-47) of Southern Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) airline Spencer Airways, registration VP-YFD, crashed on takeoff from Croydon Airport in London due to pilot error, killing 12 of 23 on board. The aircraft struck a parked ČSA DC-3 registered OK-WDB, which caught fire and was written off. [5] [6] January 26
American Airlines Flight 6-103 (a DC-3-227B, registration NC21799) struck Thing Mountain after the pilot made a descent for reasons unknown, killing all 27 on board. [7] March 10 An Australian National Airways C-47-DL crashed in the sea shortly after takeoff from Hobart killing all 25 on board. March 22
Flagship Ohio was a Douglas DC-3 manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company and owned and operated by American Airlines. Since its first flight in 1936, the aircraft had logged 17,991 hours of flight time. [1] At the time of the crash, it serviced a domestic scheduled passenger route with several stops in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
A Transporte Aéreo Militar C-47 (registration TAM-10) crashed in the Andes Mountains near Vacas, Bolivia after flying into a thunderstorm, killing all 32 on board. [1] January 24 A Philippine Airlines DC-3 (registration PI-C22) disappeared while on an Ilolio-Manila cargo service with four on board. [2] January 24