Aircraft type safety record

DC3 — accident and safety record

Every recorded DC3 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1938–2025).

OCCURRENCES1,916
FATAL1,010
HULL LOSSES592

DC3 safety overview

Most affected: US (258), CL (110), FR (81), CA (79), CO (66)

Top operators: United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947) (198), Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines (81), Indian Air Force - Bharatiya Vayu Sena (34), United States Navy - USN (27), Ethiopian Airlines (23)

DC3 accidents by decade02004006008001930194019501960197019801990200020102020TotalFatal

DC3 occurrences (1–50 of 1,916)

  • 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)
  • 2019-03-09 — LASER Aéreo Colombia (14 fatal)
  • 2019-01-21 — Priority Air Charter — N467KS (2 fatal)
  • 2019-01-21 — Priority Air Charter (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)
  • 2014-05-08 — ALIANSA Colombia (5 fatal)
  • 2013-08-19 — Buffalo Airways — C-GWIR (incident)
  • 2013-08-19 — Buffalo Airways Ltd. (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)
  • 2009-07-07 — 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)

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