Aircraft type safety record

DC3 — accident and safety record

Every recorded DC3 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1935–2025).

OCCURRENCES4,011
FATAL2,154
HULL LOSSES950

DC3 safety overview

Most affected: US (434), RU (433), FR (121), CA (84), BR (75)

Top operators: United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947) (476), United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947) (231), Royal Air Force - RAF (194), United States Army Air Force - USAAF (183), авиагруппы особого назначения ГВФ (75)

DC3 accidents by decade05001,0001,5002,0001930194019501960197019801990200020102020TotalFatal

DC3 occurrences (1–50 of 4,011)

  • 2025-10-14 — N271SE (incident)
  • 2025-09-15 — Florida Air Cargo (incident)
  • 2021-07-08 — ALIANSA Colombia (3 fatal)
  • 2021-02-28 — ALIANSA Colombia (incident)
  • 2019-10-18 — Atlantic Air Cargo — N437GB (incident)
  • 2019-10-18 — Atlantic Air Cargo (incident)
  • 2019-07-31 — Bush Air Fuel (incident)
  • 2019-06-21 — North Star Air Ltd. (incident)
  • 2019-03-09 — Laser Aéreo (Latinoamericana de Servicios Aéreos) — HK2494 (14 fatal)
  • 2019-03-09 (14 fatal)
  • 2019-01-21 — Priority Air Charter — N467KS (2 fatal)
  • 2018-07-21 — Commemorative Air Force — N47HL (incident)
  • 2018-07-11 — Air Colombia (incident)
  • 2016-04-06 — Arall Colombia - Aerolineas Llaneras — HK-2663 (hull loss)
  • 2013-08-19 — Buffalo Airways — C-GWIR (incident)
  • 2013-08-19 — Buffalo Airways (incident)
  • 2012-12-05 — South African Air Force - SAAF — 6840 (11 fatal)
  • 2010-11-06 — LASER Aéreo Colombia (incident)
  • 2010-06-19 — Air Service Berlin — D-CXXX (hull loss)
  • 2010-06-19 (incident)
  • 2009-10-17 — Victoria Air - Philippines — RP-C550 (4 fatal)
  • 2009-10-17 — Victoria Air (4 fatal)
  • 2009-10-15 — SADELCA Colombia - Sociedad Aérea del Caqueta (incident)
  • 2009-07-07 — Bush Air Cargo Inc (incident)
  • 2009-04-26 — Four Star Air Cargo (incident)
  • 2009-02-04 — National Test Pilot School — N834TP (incident)
  • 2009-02-04 — National Test Pilot School (incident)
  • 2008-01-24 — VIARCO (incident)
  • 2007-07-31 — Aerovanguardia (incident)
  • 2007-05-25 — Aerovanguardia (incident)
  • 2006-07-19 — TolAir Services — N782T (incident)
  • 2006-07-19 — Tol Air Services (incident)
  • 2006-03-01 — Transnorthern Aviation Inc. — N777YA (incident)
  • 2006-03-01 — TransNorthern Aviation (incident)
  • 2005-10-24 — J. Swain (incident)
  • 2005-06-19 — Wimbi Dira Airways — 9Q-CWI (hull loss)
  • 2005-06-06 — Transportes Aéreos del Ariari - TARI — HK-3462 (hull loss)
  • 2005-06-06 — Transportes Aéreos del Ariari - TARI (incident)
  • 2004-10-15 — Aerovanguardia - Aerovias Vanguardia — HK-1503 (3 fatal)
  • 2004-10-15 — Aerovanguardia (3 fatal)
  • 2004-08-13 — Florida Air Cargo (incident)
  • 2004-07-23 — Aerovanguardia (incident)
  • 2004-06-26 — Oleg Lyakishev — RA-1300K (4 fatal)
  • 2004-06-21 — VIARCO - Vias Aéreas Colombianas — HK-1212 (hull loss)
  • 2004-06-20 — VIARCO (incident)
  • 2003-12-30 — Tol Air Services (incident)
  • 2003-11-21 — ZS-BXF (incident)
  • 2003-10-02 — Unknown (incident)
  • 2003-03-19 — Aerotaxi (incident)
  • 2003-03-10 — International Red Cross, lsf Rossair Contracts (incident)

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