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List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1950

April 12, 2024

This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1950, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.

January 5
A Soviet Air Force Li-2 (serial number 42 red) crashed at Koltsovo Airport in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) after repeated approach attempts in heavy snow, killing all 19 on board, including 11 Soviet Air Force hockey players; some reports put the accident date as January 7.
January 21
A Transporte Aéreo Militar C-47 (registration TAM-10) crashed in the Andes Mountains near Vacas, Bolivia after flying into a thunderstorm, killing all 32 on board.[1]
January 24
A Philippine Airlines DC-3 (registration PI-C22) disappeared while on an Ilolio-Manila cargo service with four on board.[2]
January 24
An STA C-47A (registration F-BFGD) struck a mountain en route to Tamatave from Antananarivo, killing all 14 on board.[3]
February 2
A KLM C-47A (registration PH-TEU) crashed 40 miles off the Dutch coast due to an engine fire, killing all seven on board.[4]
February 27
A CSA C-47A (registration OK-WDY) struck Praded Mountain en route to Prague from Ostrava, killing six of 25 on board.[5]
March 24
Three Czechoslovakian Airlines Douglas DC-3s from Czechoslovakia were simultaneously hijacked, mostly by the crew themselves. All three planes landed at the US Air Force Base at Erding, West Germany seeking political asylum. 26 of 85 passengers stayed in West Germany to escape from the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.[6][7][8]
March 25
A Devlet Hava Yollari C-47A (registration TC-BAL) crashed and caught fire on landing at Etimesgut Airport, killing all 15 on board.[9]
March 28
A US Air Force C-47D crashed near Rockcliffe RCAF Station in Ontario, Canada, killing four of the five occupants, including the US ambassador to Canada Laurence Steinhardt.[10]
March 29
A LOT Polish Airlines Li-2T (registration SP-LBA) crashed in Poland.[11]
April 5
A Deccan Airways C-47A (registration VT-CJD) crashed at Hatiara, India while attempting to return to Dum Dum Airport after an engine failed, killing all three crew; the aircraft was also overloaded.
April 17
Aeroflot Flight 543 (a TS-62, registration CCCP-L862) crashed 29 km (18 mi) southwest of Vitim, Russia after an unexplained in-flight fire, killing 10 of 16 on board. The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk-Olekminsk-Kirensk-Yakutsk passenger service.[12]
May 2
An Avianca C-47-DL (registration HK-120) crashed in the Mattassl Mountains, killing all 15 on board.[13]
May 24
A LANSA C-47A (registration HK-307) struck Galeras Volcano, killing 25 of 26 on board.[14]
May 30
An Aerovias Brasil C-47-DL (registration PP-AVZ) crashed near Ilheus after it broke apart in mid-air due to a high-speed dive caused by a loss of control, killing 13 of 15 on board.[15]
June 9
A New Tribes Mission DC-3-178 (registration N16030) disappeared while on a Kingston-Maracaibo service with 15 on board; the wreckage was found on July 6, 1950 on a mountain 42 miles from the flight path; the cause was never determined.[16]
July 9
An Aigle Azur C-47A (registration F-BFGL) crashed on climbout from Casablanca, killing 22 of 29 on board.[17]
July 17
An Indian National Airways C-47A (registration VT-ATS) crashed near Pathankot, India after a wing separated in severe turbulence, killing all 22 on board.[18]
August 13
A Dalstroi Aviation Li-2 (registration CCCP-H955) crashed after the right wing struck a mountain slope 45 mi NW of Seymchan while the crew attempted a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion after the crew became disoriented in poor visibility, killing the five crew. The aircraft was operating a Pevek-Zyryanka cargo service.[19]
August 25
A Royal Air Force DC-3 (registration KN630) crashed occurred following an engine failure while target marking and supply dropping mission over the Malaysian jungle, killing all 12 on board.[20]
September 4
Robinson Airlines Flight 32 (a DC-3-229, registration N18936) crashed near Utica, New York due to engine failure and loss of power, killing 16 of 23 on board.[21]
September 14
An Iran Air C-47A (registration EP-AAG) crashed on takeoff from Mehrabad Airport, killing all eight on board.[22]
September 21
A JAT Yugoslav Airlines C-47A (registration YU-ABC) struck Mount Medvednica (19 km northeast of Lucko Airport) at 975 m (3,199 ft) while on approach to Zagreb en route from Beograd (now Belgrade), killing 10 of 11 on board.[23]
October 12
A John Fairfax & Sons Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (registration VH-SMH) on a newspaper delivery run, crashed into trees in low cloud at Bungulla, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Tenterfield, New South Wales, killing the pilot and co-pilot.[24]
October 17
A BEA Dakota C.3 (registration G-AGIW) crashed at Mill Hill due to engine failure and loss of altitude, killing 28 of 29 on board.[25]
November 7
A Directorate of Polar Aviation (GUSMP) PS-84 (registration CCCP-N359) crashed while attempting to takeoff from Arctic Ice Station SP-2; the aircraft was written off, but the casualty count was unknown.[26]
November 9
An Aeroflot/Krasnoyarsk TS-62 (registration CCCP-L1098, former 45-971) crashed in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia due to wing icing, killing two of 12 on board.[27]
November 15
A TARS Li-2P (registration YR-TAA) crashed in the Fagaras Mountains.[28]
November 17
A Garuda Indonesia Airways C-47A (registration PK-PDB) ran off the runway after landing at Juanda Airport, killing two of three crew; all 20 passengers survived.[29]
November 23
A Faucett C-47B (registration OB-PAU-201) struck a hillside in poor weather at Cuzco, Peru en route to Quincemil Airport, killing all nine on board.[30]
November 25
An Indamer Dakota III (registration VT-COI) struck a hillside near Khitoka, Bhutan due to crew distraction, killing all three crew.[31]
December 1
An Iran Air C-47A (registration EP-AAJ) struck a mountain near Chamaran en route to Tehran from Tabriz, killing all eight on board.[32]
December 8
An Air Atlas C-47B (registration F-BAXY) crashed in the Pyrenees Mountains, killing five of seven on board.[33]
December 13
An Air India C-47B (registration VT-CFK) struck a mountain near Kotagiri, India due to a navigation error, killing all 21 on board.[34]
December 15
An AVENSA C-47-DL (registration YV-C-AVU) crashed into mountains shortly after takeoff due to pilot error, killing all 31 on board.[35]
December 22
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 4 (a C-47A, registration CF-CUF) struck Okanagan Mountain while the pilot was flying too low; killing both pilots; the flight attendant and all 15 passengers survived.
December 27
An Aeroflot/Uzbekistan Li-2 (registration CCCP-L4003) struck a mountain at Mynzhilki after being blown off course by strong winds, killing the eight crew. The aircraft was operating an aerial survey flight.[36]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Accident description for TAM-10 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  2. ^ Accident description for PI-C22 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ Accident description for F-BFGD at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ Accident description for PH-TEU at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  5. ^ Accident description for OK-WDY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.
  7. ^ "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.
  8. ^ "Hijacking description PP-SNT". Aviation Safety Network.
  9. ^ Accident description for TC-BAL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  10. ^ Accident description for 45-1065 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 August 2018.
  11. ^ Accident description for SP-LBA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 7 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Катастрофа ТС-62 Восточно-Сибирского управления ГВФ близ Витима" [Accident TS-62 near Vitim] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  13. ^ Accident description for HK-120 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  14. ^ Accident description for HK-307 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  15. ^ Accident description for PP-AVZ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  16. ^ Accident description for N16030 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  17. ^ Accident description for F-BFGL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  18. ^ Accident description for VT-ATS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  19. ^ Accident description for CCCP-H955 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-2-18.
  20. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) KN630 Kampong Jenera". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  21. ^ Accident description for N18936 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  22. ^ Accident description for EP-AAG at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  23. ^ Accident description for YU-ABC at the Aviation Safety Network
  24. ^ "Two killed in air crash". Goulburn Evening Post. 12 October 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  25. ^ Accident description for G-AGIW at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  26. ^ Accident description for CCCP-N359 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  27. ^ "Катастрофа ТС-62 Красноярского управления ГВФ близ Туруханска" [Accident TS-62 near Krasnoyarsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  28. ^ Accident description for YR-TAA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
  29. ^ Accident description for PK-PDB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  30. ^ Accident description for OB-PAU-201 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  31. ^ Accident description for VT-COI at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  32. ^ Accident description for EP-AAJ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  33. ^ Accident description for F-BAXY at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  34. ^ Accident description for VT-CFK at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  35. ^ Accident description for YV-C-AVU at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  36. ^ Accident description for CCCP-L4003 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2016-2-18.

Notes edit

^Note A Military versions of the DC-3 were known as C-47 Skytrain, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53 Skytrooper, C-68, C-84, C-117 Super Dakota and YC-129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy. In Royal Air Force (and other British Commonwealth air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.

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This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC 3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1950 including aircraft based on the DC 3 airframe such as the Douglas C 47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li 2 Military accidents are included and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered although acts of war are outside the scope of this list January 5 A Soviet Air Force Li 2 serial number 42 red crashed at Koltsovo Airport in Sverdlovsk now Yekaterinburg after repeated approach attempts in heavy snow killing all 19 on board including 11 Soviet Air Force hockey players some reports put the accident date as January 7 January 21 A Transporte Aereo Militar C 47 registration TAM 10 crashed in the Andes Mountains near Vacas Bolivia after flying into a thunderstorm killing all 32 on board 1 January 24 A Philippine Airlines DC 3 registration PI C22 disappeared while on an Ilolio Manila cargo service with four on board 2 January 24 An STA C 47A registration F BFGD struck a mountain en route to Tamatave from Antananarivo killing all 14 on board 3 February 2 A KLM C 47A registration PH TEU crashed 40 miles off the Dutch coast due to an engine fire killing all seven on board 4 February 27 A CSA C 47A registration OK WDY struck Praded Mountain en route to Prague from Ostrava killing six of 25 on board 5 March 24 Three Czechoslovakian Airlines Douglas DC 3s from Czechoslovakia were simultaneously hijacked mostly by the crew themselves All three planes landed at the US Air Force Base at Erding West Germany seeking political asylum 26 of 85 passengers stayed in West Germany to escape from the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia 6 7 8 March 25 A Devlet Hava Yollari C 47A registration TC BAL crashed and caught fire on landing at Etimesgut Airport killing all 15 on board 9 March 28 A US Air Force C 47D crashed near Rockcliffe RCAF Station in Ontario Canada killing four of the five occupants including the US ambassador to Canada Laurence Steinhardt 10 March 29 A LOT Polish Airlines Li 2T registration SP LBA crashed in Poland 11 April 5 A Deccan Airways C 47A registration VT CJD crashed at Hatiara India while attempting to return to Dum Dum Airport after an engine failed killing all three crew the aircraft was also overloaded April 17 Aeroflot Flight 543 a TS 62 registration CCCP L862 crashed 29 km 18 mi southwest of Vitim Russia after an unexplained in flight fire killing 10 of 16 on board The aircraft was operating an Irkutsk Olekminsk Kirensk Yakutsk passenger service 12 May 2 An Avianca C 47 DL registration HK 120 crashed in the Mattassl Mountains killing all 15 on board 13 May 24 A LANSA C 47A registration HK 307 struck Galeras Volcano killing 25 of 26 on board 14 May 30 An Aerovias Brasil C 47 DL registration PP AVZ crashed near Ilheus after it broke apart in mid air due to a high speed dive caused by a loss of control killing 13 of 15 on board 15 June 9 A New Tribes Mission DC 3 178 registration N16030 disappeared while on a Kingston Maracaibo service with 15 on board the wreckage was found on July 6 1950 on a mountain 42 miles from the flight path the cause was never determined 16 July 9 An Aigle Azur C 47A registration F BFGL crashed on climbout from Casablanca killing 22 of 29 on board 17 July 17 An Indian National Airways C 47A registration VT ATS crashed near Pathankot India after a wing separated in severe turbulence killing all 22 on board 18 August 13 A Dalstroi Aviation Li 2 registration CCCP H955 crashed after the right wing struck a mountain slope 45 mi NW of Seymchan while the crew attempted a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion after the crew became disoriented in poor visibility killing the five crew The aircraft was operating a Pevek Zyryanka cargo service 19 August 25 A Royal Air Force DC 3 registration KN630 crashed occurred following an engine failure while target marking and supply dropping mission over the Malaysian jungle killing all 12 on board 20 September 4 Robinson Airlines Flight 32 a DC 3 229 registration N18936 crashed near Utica New York due to engine failure and loss of power killing 16 of 23 on board 21 September 14 An Iran Air C 47A registration EP AAG crashed on takeoff from Mehrabad Airport killing all eight on board 22 September 21 A JAT Yugoslav Airlines C 47A registration YU ABC struck Mount Medvednica 19 km northeast of Lucko Airport at 975 m 3 199 ft while on approach to Zagreb en route from Beograd now Belgrade killing 10 of 11 on board 23 October 12 A John Fairfax amp Sons Douglas C 47 Skytrain DC 3 registration VH SMH on a newspaper delivery run crashed into trees in low cloud at Bungulla 8 kilometres 5 0 mi from Tenterfield New South Wales killing the pilot and co pilot 24 October 17 A BEA Dakota C 3 registration G AGIW crashed at Mill Hill due to engine failure and loss of altitude killing 28 of 29 on board 25 November 7 A Directorate of Polar Aviation GUSMP PS 84 registration CCCP N359 crashed while attempting to takeoff from Arctic Ice Station SP 2 the aircraft was written off but the casualty count was unknown 26 November 9 An Aeroflot Krasnoyarsk TS 62 registration CCCP L1098 former 45 971 crashed in the Krasnoyarsk region Russia due to wing icing killing two of 12 on board 27 November 15 A TARS Li 2P registration YR TAA crashed in the Fagaras Mountains 28 November 17 A Garuda Indonesia Airways C 47A registration PK PDB ran off the runway after landing at Juanda Airport killing two of three crew all 20 passengers survived 29 November 23 A Faucett C 47B registration OB PAU 201 struck a hillside in poor weather at Cuzco Peru en route to Quincemil Airport killing all nine on board 30 November 25 An Indamer Dakota III registration VT COI struck a hillside near Khitoka Bhutan due to crew distraction killing all three crew 31 December 1 An Iran Air C 47A registration EP AAJ struck a mountain near Chamaran en route to Tehran from Tabriz killing all eight on board 32 December 8 An Air Atlas C 47B registration F BAXY crashed in the Pyrenees Mountains killing five of seven on board 33 December 13 An Air India C 47B registration VT CFK struck a mountain near Kotagiri India due to a navigation error killing all 21 on board 34 December 15 An AVENSA C 47 DL registration YV C AVU crashed into mountains shortly after takeoff due to pilot error killing all 31 on board 35 December 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 4 a C 47A registration CF CUF struck Okanagan Mountain while the pilot was flying too low killing both pilots the flight attendant and all 15 passengers survived December 27 An Aeroflot Uzbekistan Li 2 registration CCCP L4003 struck a mountain at Mynzhilki after being blown off course by strong winds killing the eight crew The aircraft was operating an aerial survey flight 36 See also editList of accidents and incidents involving the DC 3References edit Accident description for TAM 10 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for PI C22 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for F BFGD at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for PH TEU at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for OK WDY at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Hijacking description PP SNT Aviation Safety Network Hijacking description PP SNT Aviation Safety Network Hijacking description PP SNT Aviation Safety Network Accident description for TC BAL at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for 45 1065 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 25 August 2018 Accident description for SP LBA at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 7 November 2016 Katastrofa TS 62 Vostochno Sibirskogo upravleniya GVF bliz Vitima Accident TS 62 near Vitim in Russian airdisaster ru Retrieved 18 December 2013 Accident description for HK 120 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for HK 307 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for PP AVZ at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for N16030 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for F BFGL at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for VT ATS at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for CCCP H955 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 2016 2 18 ASN Aircraft accident Douglas Dakota IV DC 3 KN630 Kampong Jenera aviation safety net Retrieved 28 August 2019 Accident description for N18936 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for EP AAG at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for YU ABC at the Aviation Safety Network Two killed in air crash Goulburn Evening Post 12 October 1950 p 5 Retrieved 10 September 2018 Accident description for G AGIW at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for CCCP N359 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Katastrofa TS 62 Krasnoyarskogo upravleniya GVF bliz Turuhanska Accident TS 62 near Krasnoyarsk in Russian airdisaster ru Retrieved 10 June 2014 Accident description for YR TAA at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 7 November 2015 Accident description for PK PDB at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for OB PAU 201 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for VT COI at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for EP AAJ at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for F BAXY at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for VT CFK at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for YV C AVU at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 26 June 2013 Accident description for CCCP L4003 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 2016 2 18 Notes edit Note A Military versions of the DC 3 were known as C 47 Skytrain C 48 C 49 C 50 C 51 C 52 C 53 Skytrooper C 68 C 84 C 117 Super Dakota and YC 129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy In Royal Air Force and other British Commonwealth air forces service these aircraft were known as Dakotas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of accidents and incidents involving the DC 3 in 1950 amp oldid 1211420431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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