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

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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
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
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
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
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]

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Notes

British Commonwealth
air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.

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