Aircraft type safety record

DC3 — accident and safety record

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

OCCURRENCES3,823
FATAL1,966
HULL LOSSES948

DC3 safety overview

Most affected: United States (574), Russia (204), India (136), Colombia (106), Brazil (99)

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), United States Navy - USN (71)

DC3 accidents by decade05001,0001,5002,0001930194019501960197019801990200020102020TotalFatal

DC3 occurrences (1–50 of 3,823)

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