The list of incidents with the Douglas DC-3 shows an overview of incidents resulting in the death or total loss of Douglas DC-3 aircraft .
Due to the expected high number of incidents, the individual events are subdivided according to the location (country group or continents) of the incident (not according to the home country of the operator). This list is incomplete and has only just begun (February 2019).
On February 12, 1948 around 1:25 p.m., a Douglas DC-3 (C-53) airliner of the Danish airline Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL) (OY-DCI) collided on the flight from Copenhagen via Frankfurt to Zurich near Ulrichstein ( Hessen ) with the Vogelsberg . During the descent to Frankfurt Airport in bad weather, the pilots reported an engine failure and the inability to maintain the altitude. They planned an emergency landing in a field near Ulrichstein. However, one wing tore off. Of the 21 inmates, 12 were killed.
On March 22, 1949, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B of the British Royal Air Force (KJ970) was flown into the ground three kilometers south-east during an instrument approach ("Blind Approach Beacon System") to Lübeck Airport . All three crew members of the machine coming from Berlin-Gatow were killed.
On June 8, 1951, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-5-DK of Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) (YU-ABE) made an emergency landing on a flight from Frankfurt to Munich near Wittelsbach due to a fire in flight. The machine was destroyed, but all 19 occupants survived.
On December 22, 1955, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-35-DK of the British Manx Airlines (operating from 1947 to 1958) (G-AMZC) had an accident on a transfer flight from Ronaldsway Airport (Isle of Man) to Düsseldorf . Despite poor visibility and sudden clouds of fog, the pilots continued the flight under visual flight conditions (VFR). The machine got under the glide path , collided with trees 5 kilometers northeast of the runway threshold of Düsseldorf-Lohausen Airport near Ratingen and crashed. The three-person crew was killed.
On March 4, 1963, a Douglas DC-3A-191 (N16067) rolled over the end of the runway when landing at Herzogenaurach Airfield ( Bavaria ), fell into a ditch and was irreparably damaged. People were not harmed.
On January 4, 1966, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-25-DK was Air Force (XA + 118) at Hopsten AB ( NRW damaged) beyond repair. The crew was unharmed.
On January 8, 1968, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-35-DK of Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) (YU-ABK) on a cargo flight from Munich to Zagreb due to an engine failure and fire in flight near St. Florian (Linz-Land) ( Austria ) made an emergency landing on a snow-covered field. A good 10 kilometers were missing for a successful emergency landing at Linz Airport . The machine was damaged beyond repair, but all four crew members survived unharmed.
On February 12, 1969 Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-30-DK accident of the Air Force (14 + 05) , which from the airport Westerland / Sylt on a calibration flight was traveling from. The machine crashed on the approach to Husum Air Base ( Schleswig-Holstein ). All four crew members were killed.
On June 26, 1975, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Luftwaffe (14 + 07) crashed into an embankment of the Lech near Kaufering shortly after taking off from Landsberg / Lech Air Base (Bavaria) . A mechanical failure that occurred after repairs was the cause of the accident. All three crew members were killed.
On June 19, 2010, a DC-3 operated by Air Service Berlin (D-CXXX) suffered a loss of thrust in the left engine shortly after taking off for a sightseeing flight from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport . The aircraft was irreparably damaged during an emergency landing in a field. Of the 28 inmates, 7 were injured, but there were no fatalities.
Europe, other countries
On January 30, 1946, the Boeing B-17G of the Danish company Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL) (OY-DFE , formerly SE-BAR ) came off the runway when landing at Copenhagen Airport , sped into the apron and crashed into a parked one Douglas DC-3 (KG427) of the Royal Air Force . Both machines were destroyed; there was no personal injury.
On August 7, 1946 one flew Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of the British European Airways (BEA) (G-AHCs) at low clouds during the approach to the Oslo Gardermoen Airport in the eastern flank of the Mistberget, 19 km north of the airport . 13 of the 16 occupants survived the collision with trees; 3 crew members were killed.
On September 3, 1946, a Douglas DC-3A of Air France (F-BAOB) crashed about 40 km southwest of it at Køge after taking off from Copenhagen Airport . All 22 occupants, 5 crew members and 17 passengers were killed. The cause is assumed to be a fuel leak that led to an engine fire.
On September 4, 1946, just one day later, a Douglas DC-3D of Air France (F-BAXD) crashed after taking off from Le Bourget airport a few kilometers away in a factory in Le Blanc-Mesnil . Of the 26 occupants, 4 crew members and 15 passengers as well as one person were killed on the ground.
On November 6, 1946, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-25-DK (PH-TBO) of the Dutch KLM coming from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol flew into trees and broke while approaching Croydon Airport (England). The causes were an incorrect altimeter setting and inadequate flight preparation. All 15 passengers and 5 crew members survived this controlled flight into terrain .
On November 14, 1946, a Douglas DC-3 (PH-TBW) of the Dutch KLM coming from Croydon Airport (England) crashed in difficult weather conditions during the third attempt to land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and exploded. All 21 passengers and 5 crew members were killed.
On January 26, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of the Dutch airline KLM (PH-TCR) had an accident shortly after taking off from Copenhagen-Kastrup on its onward flight to Stockholm . The machine reared up steeply and crashed. All 22 inmates, including Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden , were killed in the crash. The cause was the failure to remove the elevator lock and check the controls before take-off (see also the Kastrup aircraft disaster ) .
On February 1, 1947, a Douglas DC-3C of Air France (F-BAXQ) collided near Peninha with the Serra de Sintra range of hills 28 kilometers west of the destination airport Lisbon-Portela . The aircraft, which took off from Bordeaux-Mérignac airport , was approaching for landing when the accident occurred in bad weather and darkness. Of the 16 occupants, 15 were killed, all 5 crew members and 10 of the 11 passengers.
On February 17, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A owned by the Danish Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL) (OY-AEB) was on a cargo flight from Aalborg to Copenhagen. Due to the visibility there, the crew avoided the Malmö-Bulltofta Airport, 25 km away , where landing was also not possible due to fog. On the way back to Copenhagen, due to the fuel situation, an emergency landing was carried out on the ice off the Swedish coast, about five kilometers abeam Malmö. All four crew members survived, the machine burned out.
On January 27, 1948, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-50-DL of the Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (CS-TDB) had an accident on a training flight in bad weather south of Lisbon. All three people on board were killed.
On June 8, 1948, a Douglas C-47 (DC-3) of the Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (CS-TDF) crashed on a training flight at Lisbon-Portela Airport after an engine had been shut off during take-off. All five occupants survived the accident; the plane was a total write-off.
On December 23, 1948, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47 of the Spanish Iberia (EC-ABK) collided with a mountain near Gandesa on its way from Madrid to Barcelona , killing all 27 people on board.
On August 19, 1949 a British European Airways (BEA) (G-AHCY) Douglas DC-3 / C-47A was flown into the hills 15 miles northeast of the airport while approaching Manchester Airport. In this CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain , 24 of the 32 occupants were killed (all 3 crew members and 21 passengers).
On February 2, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 of the Dutch KLM (PH-TEU) crashed into the sea 65 km off the Dutch coast. She was on a cargo flight from Amsterdam to London Heathrow . All seven crew members were killed.
On October 17, 1950, a British European Airways (BEA) (G-AGIW) DC-3 / C-47A failed shortly after taking off from Northolt Airport in the direction of Glasgow. When attempting to return, the machine lost more and more height, also because the landing gear was extended, collided with trees and hit the ground. Of the 29 occupants, only one crew member survived.
On January 31, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-10-DK of Flugfélag Islands (now Icelandair) (TF-ISG) had an accident while attempting to land in Reykjavík . The crew had previously canceled an approach due to poor visibility. Some debris was discovered the next day around 18 kilometers from the airport in the Atlantic. All 20 inmates were killed.
On March 27, 1951, a British Air Transport Charter (G-AJVZ) Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-75-DL crashed during take-off from Manchester Airport , United Kingdom , shortly after take-off. The cause was the failure to activate the carburetor preheating , so that one engine failed due to the formation of ice. Two of the three crew members on the cargo flight died.
On April 1, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-90-DL of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) (SE-BBM) suffered an engine fire on the flight from Copenhagen-Kastrup to Stockholm, Sweden . The pilots made an emergency landing on a road near the destination airport Stockholm / Bromma . After the successful evacuation, the plane burned out. All 22 inmates were uninjured.
On August 11, 1951, an Air France Douglas DC-3D (F-BAXB) broke apart in the air on a test flight from Le Bourget Airport near Moisville . All five crew members died.
On September 12, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 belonging to the French Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence (STAAP) ( F-BEIZ ) crashed into the sea about 65 kilometers south of the Balearic Islands on the flight from Perpignan to Oran near Palma de Mallorca , Mallorca , Spain . All three crew members and 36 passengers on board died. After a four-day search, the first wreckage was found. The reason for the crash was structural failure during flight in the area of thunderclouds .
On October 22, 1951 a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-20-DK of JAT - Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (YU-ACC) had an accident on the flight from Belgrade near the destination airport Skopje , Yugoslavia . Twelve people were killed in the accident.
On January 10, 1952, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B of the Irish Aer Lingus (EI-AFL) crashed on the way from London-Northolt Airport to Dublin. All 23 occupants, 20 passengers and three crew members were killed. The likely cause was extremely strong downdrafts on the leeward side of Snowdon Mountain .
On June 3, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47-A-1-DK of the Belgian Sabena (OO-CBY) , which was used to transport animals from Blackbushe Airport to Belgrade , was seen crossing the Austrian-Yugoslav border Maribor shot at by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter plane without warning . The radio operator died and two other crew members were injured. The uninjured British first officer, a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot , then took control of the machine and flew evasive maneuvers. An emergency landing at Graz Airport was successful . Investigations revealed that the machine was outside of any no-fly zones when the shelling occurred. The Soviet side denied this (see also shelling of a Douglas C-47 of the Sabena near Maribor ) .
On March 18, 1955, an Air France (F-BAXL) Douglas DC-3 collided with a high-voltage line immediately after taking off from runway 31 at Paris-Beauvais-Tillé airport . Nine people on board were killed.
On October 28, 1957, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47 of the Spanish Iberia (EC-ACH) had an accident . It crashed near Getafe on the way from Tangier to Madrid when one of the engines caught fire and then detached. All 21 people on board died.
On April 10, 1958, a Douglas DC-3 (C-53) of the Spanish Iberia (EC-ABN) returned after take-off from Palma de Mallorca-Son Bonet airport for the flight to Barcelona due to engine problems. A belly landing was carried out in a field on the edge of the airfield , which resulted in a total write-off. All inmates survived.
On April 29, 1959, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47 of the Spanish Iberia EC-ABC collided with a mountain on its way from Barcelona to Madrid. At the time of the accident, the weather was bad on the route. All 28 inmates were killed.
On January 3, 1961, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of Aero O / Y (Finnair) (OH-LCC) crashed into a forest on the flight from Kokkola to Vaasa near Koivulahti. The two drunk pilots (with blood alcohol concentrations of 2 and 1.56 per thousand respectively) flew the machine about 10 kilometers from Vaasa airport at the lowest altitude, which led to a stall . None of the 25 occupants survived (see also Aero-O / Y flight 311 ) .
On August 6, 1961 a Douglas TS-62 (C-47 / DC-3) of the Hungarian Malév (HA-TSA) , with which a sightseeing flight over Budapest was carried out, crashed after a loss of control on a residential building, with all 27 occupants and three People were killed on the ground. It was found that the pilots had violated operating regulations by granting third parties access to the cockpit and performing prohibited aerobatic maneuvers (see also aviation accident in Budapest 1961 ) .
On March 30, 1963, a Douglas DC-3 of the Italian Itavia (I-TAVI) flew in bad weather into the mountainside of Monte Vale Rotonote, 85 km southeast of Rome. All eight people on board were killed.
On November 8, 1963, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of Aero O / Y (Finnair) (OH-LCA) crashed shortly before Mariehamn Airport and burned out, killing 22 of the 25 occupants. The cause was most likely a defect in the captain's altimeter , which meant that the minimum descent altitude was not reached in very bad weather.
On June 21, 1964, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-85-DL of the Spanish TASSA (EC-AQH) had problems with the left engine after taking off from Palma de Mallorca Airport . The pilot turned back, but had to after the failure of both engines 900 meters off the coast ditch . The 28 occupants survived except for one passenger.
On September 16, 1966, a Douglas DC-3 (EC-ACX) of the Spanish Spantax, which was operated for Iberia , suffered an engine damage two minutes after taking off from Tenerife-Los Rodeos airport. During the necessary ditching , a passenger who had refused to leave the plane drowned. All other 23 passengers and three crew members survived (see also Iberia flight 261 ) .
On September 30, 1972, a Douglas DC-3 (EC-AQE) of the Spanish Spantax crashed during a training flight at Madrid-Barajas airport when the pilot who was being trained pulled the wheel too abruptly. One of the six crew members was killed.
On September 25, 1996 a Douglas DC-3C of the Dutch Dutch Dakota Association (PH-DDA) crashed on the flight to Amsterdam shortly after take-off from Texel airfield , after an engine failure, followed by failure of the sail position control. All 32 inmates died.
Other continents
On September 7, 1945, a Douglas DC-3-201G operated by Eastern Air Lines ( aircraft registration number NC33631 ) suffered a fire in the rear cargo hold during flight. Even before an emergency landing could take place, there was a loss of control and a crash 10 km away from Florence (South Carolina) . All 22 people on board were killed.
On December 27, 1947 Douglas DC-3 crashed the Air India (VT-August) on the flight from Karachi airport to airport Bombay Santa Cruz shortly after takeoff in Korangi (now Pakistan) from. The cause was a loss of control after the crew started the night flight despite the defective instrument lighting. All 23 people on board were killed (see also Air India accident at Karachi ) .
On March 13, 1948, a Douglas DC-3A of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CBX) collided with the Sierra Cristais ridge, 32 kilometers from the destination airport, while approaching São Paulo-Congonhas Airport ( Sao Paulo , Brazil). All 6 occupants, 4 crew members and 2 passengers, were killed.
On July 1, 1949 ( GMT ), a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-20-DL of the Australian MacRobertson Miller Airlines (VH-MME) crashed immediately after taking off from the former airfield in Guildford (Western Australia) and caught fire . The machine was on a scheduled flight to Darwin. All 18 occupants (14 passengers and 4 crew members) were killed.
On September 9, 1949, a Canadian Pacific Air Lines (CF-CUA) DC-3D crashed over Cap Tourmente (north of the Saint Lawrence River ) after a time bomb that a jewelry dealer had used to murder his wife and collect the money The sum insured had stowed in the luggage compartment had exploded.
On November 27, 1949, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-5-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-OABJ) was destroyed in an accident near Dong Khe, a major French military base in the Indochina War . 10 inmates were killed.
On May 30, 1950, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47-DL of Aerovias Brasil (PP-AVZ) flew from Vitória da Conquista to Salvador da Bahia near Ilhéus in a bad weather zone with turbulence. In this there was a loss of control, whereby the structural load limits of the machine were exceeded and it began to break apart and crash. In the accident, 13 of 15 people on board were killed, only two passengers survived (see also the flight accident of Aerovias Brasil near Ilhéus ) .
On July 9, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-BFGL) crashed shortly after taking off from Casablanca-Anfa Airport (Morocco). The machine was on a charter flight from Paris to Dakar ( Senegal ). Of the 29 occupants, 22 were killed (all 4 crew members and 18 passengers).
On September 14, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-30-DL of Iranian Airways (EP-AAG) had an accident shortly after taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad airport on a flight to Saudi Arabia, on which seven crew members for one Crew changes should be promoted. All nine people on board were killed.
On December 1, 1950, another Iranian Airways (EP-AAJ) DC-3 / C-47A-25-DK collided with a mountain on a flight from Tabriz to Tehran, killing all eight people on board.
On January 13, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / VC-47D-27-DK of Air Carriers from Hong Kong (VR-HEP) flew against a mountain near Bukit Besar, Malaysia . All seven passengers and three crew members died.
On January 18, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 of TAM Peru (Transporte Aéreo Militar) (license plate number unknown) disappeared on the flight from Lima-Limatambo Airport ( Peru ) to Arequipa Airport . The wreck was only found five days later at Chala, 300 kilometers from the destination. All 19 inmates were killed.
On March 2, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 of the US Mid-Continent Airlines (N19928) crashed while approaching Sioux City , Iowa , USA , in poor weather conditions. A stall had occurred during a turn at low altitude . Of the 4 crew members and 21 passengers, 3 crew members and 13 passengers died. The machine was destroyed by a fire that broke out immediately.
On March 21, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / R4D-1 of the Colombian Limitada Nacional de Servicio Aéreo (HK-315) had an accident near Hato Nuevo, Colombia , 90 kilometers from its destination Cartagena . The pilots had reported a course change in order to avoid thunderclouds. All 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers were killed.
On March 22, 1951, Douglas DC-3 / C-53 crashed Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CCX) at the airport Florianópolis ( Brazil ab). When taking off during rain and poor visibility, engine 2 (right) failed and the aircraft crashed into the bay. Of the 14 occupants, four crew members and ten passengers, three passengers died, the other occupants survived.
On March 27, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-5-DK of the Australian Department of Civil Aviation (VH-CAQ) crash-landed in a cattle paddock near Camden , New South Wales , Australia . All inmates survived. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
On April 2, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-48B was irreparably damaged on a training flight of the Colombian Avianca (HK-142) during an emergency landing at Techo Airport in Bogotá , Colombia . All three crew members survived.
On April 6, 1951 a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-90-DL of the US American Southwest Airways (N63439) was flown in cloudy weather at Refugio Pass, California , USA , at an altitude of 840 m against a mountain. The prescribed minimum flight altitude was 1220 m. All 22 occupants, 3 crew members and 19 passengers were killed.
On April 9, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 of the Thai Siamese Airways (HS-SAE) crashed into the water on the flight from Bangkok to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong during a night approach in very bad weather. In a tight curve at Cape D'Aguilar at an altitude of 120 m, the flow stalled, still 10 kilometers from the destination airport. All 16 occupants (5 crew members and 11 passengers) were killed.
On April 28, 1951, a Douglas DC-3A-197 of the US United Air Lines (N16088) crashed while approaching Fort Wayne , Indiana , USA , during a thunderstorm in heavy gusts . All 11 occupants, 3 crew members and 8 passengers were killed. The machine was destroyed.
On May 18, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-45-DK of the Brazilian Viação Aérea São Paulo (VASP) (PP-SPL) was flown on a visual flight in bad weather in hilly terrain. The machine was on the flight from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo ( Brazil ) to Presidente Prudente when it crashed 50 kilometers from the finish at Rancharia. All 7 occupants, 4 crew members and 3 passengers, were killed.
On June 6, 1951, a Douglas DC-3D of the Linha Aérea Transcontinental Brasileira (PP-NAL) was flown into a hill at a height of almost 60 meters on the approach to the Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont airport . Despite instrument flight conditions, the pilots had carried out a visual approach and had not complied with all regulations for minimum flight altitudes. Of the 3 crew members and 16 passengers, one crew member and one passenger died. The machine was destroyed.
On June 27, 1951, the crew of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47-DL of the Brazilian Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CCK) had to make an emergency landing near Trinidad , Bolivia , in a marsh area on a lake shore due to navigation problems. about 250 kilometers from the target route. None of the four crew members on the cargo flight was killed. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
On July 12, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-1-DL of the Indian airline Indamer (VT-CHT) had an accident on a cargo flight about 50 kilometers northwest of Tezpur , India . All three crew members were killed. The machine was destroyed.
On July 24, 1951, a Douglas DC-3-455 of the Belgian Sabena (OO-CBA) suffered an engine failure and an engine fire during take-off from Gao Airport , Mali . During a return curve at the lowest altitude, the tip of the wing touched the ground, whereupon the impact and fire occurred. The piloting of the aircraft was made even more difficult by hydraulic fluid spraying into the cockpit. All three crew members of the cargo flight died, the aircraft was destroyed (see also the Sabena flight accident near Gao ) .
On August 20, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-1-DK of the Thai Siamese Airways (HS-SAF) overran the runway at Boh Fai Airfield, Thailand . All three crew members survived; the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
On September 17, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47-DL of the Brazilian REAL Transportes Aéreos (PP-YPX) had an accident on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo near Ubatuba ( Brazil ), with all four crew members and six passengers died. The machine was only found after two days.
On November 5, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47-DL of the French Compagnie Aérienne de Transports Indochinois (CATI) (F-BCYL) crashed into a river while taking off from Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport ( Vietnam ). All inmates survived; however, the aircraft was irreparably damaged in the accident.
On November 7, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-80-DL belonging to the French Société de Transports Aériens Camerounais (STAC) (F-BEIV) had an accident while taking off from Fort Lamy Airport (since 1973: N'Djamena), Chad . All inmates survived; however, the aircraft was irreparably damaged in the accident.
On November 21, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-25-DK of the Indian Deccan Airways (VT-AUO) was blown into the ground while approaching Calcutta Airport, which was far too low , and crashed after it had grazed trees . The pilots of the machine coming from Nagpur had attempted an approach in extremely poor visibility. Of the 17 occupants, 16 were killed, only one passenger survived.
On December 31, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-30-DK of the Indian Kalinga Airlines (VT-COA) collided with trees while taking off in poor visibility from Calcutta airport and crashed. All 3 crew members of the cargo flight were killed.
On February 8, 1952, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-1-DK of Indian National Airways (VT-COK) crashed after taking off from Bagdogra Airport during a climb after a stall had occurred. All three crew members on the cargo flight survived.
On December 21, 1952, a Douglas DC-3 of Syrian Airways (YK-AAF) flew into a mountain near Nabk (Syria) in bad weather . The machine was on a flight from Damascus to Aleppo . The pilots had deviated from the route to support the search for a missing Consolidated PBY Catalina of the Dutch naval aviation , which had disappeared in Lebanon. Of the 15 inmates, 9 were killed.
On December 25, 1952, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-35-DL of Iranian Airways (EP-ACJ) coming from Isfahan crashed while approaching Tehran-Mehrabad airport 7 km from the destination airport. 24 of the 25 inmates were killed.
On December 30, 1952, a Philippine Airlines Douglas C-47 (sub-type designation unknown) (PI-C38) was kidnapped on its flight from Laoag to Aparri by a Chinese passenger who had previously shot two people and was on the run. The kidnapper demanded a return to mainland China , but the captain tried to incapacitate him by abrupt flight maneuvers. The kidnapper then shot the captain and shortly afterwards the flight attendant. In the airspace of the Republic of China (Taiwan) , the aircraft was later fired at by Kuomintang fighters , as the Taiwanese commanders feared an invasion. Finally the emergency landing succeeded in Kinmen, where the first officer, the hijacker and the remaining six passengers could disembark (see also hijacking of a Douglas DC-3 of Philippine Air Lines 1952 ) .
On March 17, 1953, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-70-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-BEFG) from Hue / Phu Bai airport crashed while approaching Da Nang airport in bad weather near the Tien Sha peninsula from. All 8 inmates were killed.
On April 16, 1953, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-75-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-BESS) broke on the way from Hanoi / Gia Lam airport to Son-La / Na San airport , soon after take-off , a fiercely contested French military base in the Indochina War , took off a wing. All 30 occupants, 3 crew members and 27 passengers were killed in the crash. The machine was on a military charter flight.
On December 12, 1953, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-DK of Indian Airlines (VT-CHF) crashed 1200 meters from Nagpur Airport and exploded. After a temporary loss of power shortly after take-off, the pilots flew a very steep return curve at a much too low altitude with the landing gear extended. Of the 14 occupants, 13 were killed, 3 crew members and all 10 passengers.
On January 31, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-25-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-BGXD) was destroyed when the landing gear was retracted at the start of the airfield of Dien Bien Phu ( Vietnam ) before the plane was in the air. All inmates survived.
On March 4, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 / R4D-3 of the French Aigle Azur was (F-OAPC) on the Hanoi airport / Gia Lam ( Vietnam ) in the course of fighting the Indochina War devastated.
On September 12, 1954, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CDJ) returned to the departure airport Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont ( Brazil ) when the weather conditions at the destination airport São Paulo-Congonhas below the minima had fallen. Due to severe vibrations in engine 1 (left), it was shut down. The plane was too high on the final approach; the attempted go-around , the aircraft fell into a descent and smote the waters of Guanabara Bay on. In this accident 6 of the 21 passengers were killed, all 4 crew members and the other 15 passengers survived.
On December 4, 1954, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-70-DL of the French Aigle Azur (F-BEIA) crashed 30 kilometers north of the take-off airport in Luang Prabang , Laos . The machine was on the way on behalf of Air Laos to carry out its first scheduled flight on the route Vientiane - Luang Prabang - Namtha - Muong-Sing. All 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers were killed.
On August 26, 1955, a Douglas DC-3A of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CBY) collided with a mountain in the Serra do Costelo between Castelo, RJ and Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil). The aircraft was on the flight from Campos dos Goytacazes to Caravelas (Bahia) and had deviated far from the airway and the flight plan course. In this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) all 13 occupants, 4 crew members and 9 passengers were killed.
On December 1, 1955, the left engine of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CCC) lost power shortly after taking off from Belém-Val-de-Cans Airport ( Para , Brazil). The pilots switched off the hydraulic pump, which resulted in the landing gear hanging in the half-extended position. Its high air resistance, coupled with that of the idling propeller, caused it to descend until a tree was brushed against. The machine crashed and caught fire. All 6 occupants, 4 crew members and 2 passengers were killed.
On February 24, 1956, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-10-DK operated by Syrian Airways (YK-AAE) crashed after a lightning strike and two-sided engine failure, 24 kilometers from Aleppo airport . The machine was on a flight to Damascus . With 19 deaths, this crash was the worst accident in the company's history.
On October 15, 1958, a DC-3 / C-47A-DL of the TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar (civil airline of the Bolivian Air Force) (TAM-03) crashed on a charter flight from the Bolivian military base Fortín ( Narciso province Campero ) to Tarija Airport . It flew into a mountain near Villamontes in Tarija Department . All 20 occupants, including 17 passengers and three crew members, were killed.
On April 12, 1960, a Douglas DC-3 / C-53 of the Brazilian Cruzeiro do Sul (PP-CDS) , which was operated for VARIG , had an accident while taking off from Pelotas ( Brazil ). The aircraft deviated to the right of the runway, it was overcorrected and she set course for parked machines. The captain thought that he could prevent a collision by taking off early, but this turned out to be a mistake. The DC-3 collided with the parked aircraft PT-ABZ and PP-HDJ , crashed and caught fire. Of the 22 occupants, 2 of the 3 crew members and 8 of the 19 passengers were killed.
On April 3, 1961, a Douglas DC-3C of LAN Chile (CC-CLDP) flew from Temuco (Chile) to Santiago de Chile in the hill La Gotera in the Andes . All 24 people on board were killed. Parts of the wreckage of the machine were found on April 10, 1961. The fuselage was discovered in February 2015 (see also LAN Chile flight 210 ) .
On May 12, 1963 fell Douglas DC-3 of the United Arab Airlines (now Egypt Air) (SU-AJK) on a domestic flight from Cairo to Alexandria in an orange grove near the village of Az Zahweyyin. All 34 people on board were killed in the accident.
On June 3, 1963, a Douglas DC-3 Hiper of Indian Airlines (VT-AUL) crashed on the flight from Amritsar to Srinagar near Sarna. All 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers were killed. The plane broke apart in midair. A possible cause was identified as either an incorrectly adjusted rudder system due to maintenance or a malfunction of the autopilot .
On September 15, 1964, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-80-DL of the Colombian Avianca (HK-319) , which was being used for a domestic cargo flight from Condoto to Medellín, crashed while the pilots were attempting to use the due to a Wrong loading to reverse difficult to control machine to the departure airport. The pilots were both killed in the incident (see also Avianca accident at Condoto ) .
On February 21, 1967, a Sudan Airways (ST-AAM) DC-3 / C-47B-DK collided with a house during a simulated engine failure on a local training flight at Khartoum Airport and crashed into a cemetery wall. One of the two pilots on board was killed.
On March 1, 1977, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-25-DK of the South Yemeni Alyemda with the aircraft registration number 7O-ABF crashed into the sea after taking off from Aden Airport . The machine was on the flight to Seiyun. All 19 inmates were killed.
On January 28, 1978, a Douglas DC-3D from the Colombian SADELCA (HK-1351) collided with a mountain at Cerro de Granada, 24 kilometers from the destination airport at San Vicente. All twelve people on board were killed. The plane was on a scheduled flight from Neiva ( Huila ) to San Vicente del Caguán ( Caquetá ) inland. The accident site is at an altitude of 2100 meters. The mountain was covered by clouds at that time.
On June 26, 1994 a Douglas DC-3 C of the Canadian Buffalo Airways (C-FROD) ran out of fuel on its approach to Fort Simpson Airport. The aircraft had flown 4:37 hours on six flights since the last refueling. After the complete engine failure, the master tried to reach the airfield in gliding flight. However, this was no longer quite enough; the machine flew 900 meters from the runway into trees and was destroyed. The two crew members of the cargo flight survived. A parallel emerged six years later when an Airbus A310 operated by German Hapag-Lloyd without fuel hit 660 meters from the runway in Vienna (see Hapag-Lloyd flight 3378 ) .
On March 9, 2019, a Douglas DC-3 of the Colombian airline Laser Aereo Colombia (HK-2494) crashed on its way from San José del Guaviare to Villavicencio (Colombia) while approaching Villavicencio. All 14 inmates were killed.
On October 18, 2019, a Douglas DC-3C of the US airline Atlantic Air Cargo (N437GB) landed in the water 4 kilometers in front of it and sank on its way from Opa-locka Airport ( Florida ) when approaching Nassau Airport ( Bahamas ). The two pilots of the cargo flight survived the mishap with the 65-year-old aircraft.
Military operators (accidents outside the DA-CH countries)
On November 30, 1945, a Douglas DC-3 of the British Royal Air Force (RAF KN432) crashed during a night landing at Cairo-Almaza Airport . The plane touched down before the start of the runway, collided with a wall and caught fire. 8 people were killed.
On May 26, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (49-2612) was flown into a mountain near Daegu Airport ( South Korea ) in low clouds. All five inmates died.
On January 12, 1970, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (49-2624) crashed in the Kithairon Mountains, about 50 km northwest of Athens . All 5 crew members and 21 of the 25 passengers perished; according to other reports, no one survived the accident.
On June 5, 1971, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (49-2614) had a landing accident at Preveza Airport when one of the tires burst and the aircraft thrown off the runway. The fire that broke out destroyed the aircraft. All inmates survived, but several injured.
Individual evidence
↑ James J. Halley: Broken Wings. Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents . Air-Britain (Historians), Tunbridge Wells, 1999, ISBN 0-85130-290-4 , p. 18.
↑ Jennifer M. Gradidge: The Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / DC-3: The First Seventy Years, Volumes One and Two . Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2006, ISBN 0-85130-332-3 , p. 575.
