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Douglas DC-3 Statistics
 

Hull-losses: 4610
Hull-loss accidents: 3964 with a total of 15138 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings): 346 with a total of 982 fatalities
Hijackings: 50 with a total of 12 fatalities
Survival rate: 19.0% of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Aircraft losses
Cumulative number of aircraft damaged beyond repair per year.
Accidents by flight operation type
Flight operation type breakdown for 4167 hull-loss accidents.

640 Passenger flights
3087 Military flights
262 Cargo flights
20 Special flights (Crop spraying, survey etc.)
62 Test/training flights
16 Business and private flights
80 Rest (demo, ferry, illegal) flights

Worst accidents

date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
10-FEB-1978Douglas C-47A (DC-3) CX-BJH/T-511 TAMU 44 near Artigas Airport ...   A1
08-SEP-1945Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) KN593 RAF 41 near Nyaunggonale   A1

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