DHC5 — accident and safety record

Every recorded DHC5 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets

DHC5 safety overview

  • 51 recorded occurrences
  • 29 fatal
  • 0 hull losses
  • Records 1973–2025

Most affected: KE (3), FR (3), ET (2), MW (1), GB (1)

Top operators: Trident Aviation (6), Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) (6), Zambia Air Force (3), Peruvian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Perú (3), Kenya Air Force (3)

DHC5 accidents by decade1719701980199020002020

All recorded DHC5 occurrences

2020s

  • — Trident Aviation — 5Y-RBA — (5 fatal)
  • — (5 fatal)
  • — Trident Aviation — (5 fatal)
  • — Nyasa Air Charters — 7Q-STB — (3 fatal)

2000s

  • — Ecuadorian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana — AEE-501 — (incident)
  • — Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriana - AEE — (incident)
  • — Trident Aviation — 5Y-OPL — (incident)
  • — Trident Aviation — (incident)
  • — Trident Aviation — (incident)
  • — Sky Relief Services — 5Y-SRK — (incident)
  • — Kenya Air Force — (incident)
  • — Kenya Air Force - KAF — (incident)

1990s

  • — Kenya Air Force — KAF207 — (1 fatal)
  • — Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces — JW9022 — (5 fatal)
  • — Tanzanian People's Defence Force — (5 fatal)
  • — Trident Aviation — (incident)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2361 — (incident)
  • — Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces — JW9024 — (2 fatal)
  • — Tanzanian People's Defence Force — (2 fatal)
  • — Zaire Air Force — (incident)
  • — Zambia Air Force — AF-319 — (30 fatal)
  • — Zambian Air Force — (30 fatal)
  • — Kenya Air Force — KAF214 — (52 fatal)
  • — Kenya Air Force - KAF — (incident)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2350 — (9 fatal)
  • — Ecuadorian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana — FAE064 — (incident)
  • — Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana — (incident)
  • — Zambia Air Force — AF-316 — (29 fatal)
  • — Zambian Air Force — (29 fatal)

1980s

  • — Peruvian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Perú — FAP329 — (62 fatal)
  • — Mexican Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Mexicana — TP-200 — (incident)
  • — Ethiopian Airlines — ET-AHI — (1 fatal)
  • — Sudanese Air Force - Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya — 800 — (7 fatal)
  • — Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya (Sudanese Air Force) — (7 fatal)
  • — Sudanese Air Force - Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya — 833 — (4 fatal)
  • — Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya (Sudanese Air Force) — (4 fatal)
  • — De Havilland Aircraft of Canada — C-GCTC — (incident)
  • — C-GCTC — (incident)
  • — Egyptian Air Force and Air Defence Command — 1169 — (incident)
  • — Ethiopian Air Force - Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl — ET-AHJ — (incident)
  • — Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile — 920 — (incident)
  • — Zaire Air Force - Force Aérienne Zaïroise — 9T-CBC — (36 fatal)

1970s

  • — Peruvian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Perú — FAP321 — (29 fatal)
  • — Mauritanian Air Force - Force Aérienne Islamique de Mauritanie — 5T-MAX — (12 fatal)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2358 — (incident)
  • — Zambia Air Force — AF-313 — (incident)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2356 — (2 fatal)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2366 — (20 fatal)
  • — Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF — 115461 — (9 fatal)
  • — Peruvian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Perú — (12 fatal)
  • — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 2372 — (3 fatal)

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