List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1976
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3A that have taken place in 1976, 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
- On 18 January, Douglas C-47 CP-573 of Frigorifico Maniqui crashed near Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Airport, San Borja following a failure of the starboard engine. The aircraft was on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight. Seven of the ten people on board were killed.[1]
- On 29 January, Douglas C-47D T.3-32 of the Ejército del Aire was involved in an accident and subsequently withdrawn from use.[2]
February
March
April
May
- On 20 May, Douglas C-47 CF-FKZ of Survair was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Asbestos Hill Airport, Quebec.[9]
June
- On 6 June, Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-13345 of MAP Zhukovsky crashed into the Kama River following an engine failure. The aircraft hit telephone lines and then crashed. It was on a flight from Moscow to Tyumen.[11]
- On 11 June, Douglas C-47A PP-AJC of RICO Taxi Aéreo was written off at Rio Manana. Three people were killed.[12]
July
- On 5 July, a Douglas C-47 of the Tatmadaw Lei crashed near Daiku. All 17 people on board were killed.[13]
- On 14 July, Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-13369 of MAP Kazan APO crashed after takeoff from an unidentified Soviet airfield. The wrong type of fuel had been tanked and the aircraft was also overloaded.[14]
September
October
- On 25 October, Douglas C-47 HK-149 of Taxi Aéreo El Venado crashed on approach to El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal. The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled passenger flight. Shortly after take-off, the port engine failed and the decision was made to return to El Alcaraván. All 36 people on board were killed.[18]
November
- On 25 November, Douglas C-47 CP-755 of Aerolíneas La Paz was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident at El Alto International Airport, La Paz. The aircraft was on a cargo flight, all four people on board survived.[21]
December
- On 10 December, Douglas C-47A C-FIAX of Austin Airways crashed on take-off from Chisabisi Airport. All eight people on board survived.[23]
- On 14 December, Douglas C-47B ET-AEJ of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair when the undercarriage collapsed on landing at Oborso Airport. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight. All eight people on board survived.[24]
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Notes
^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 Force 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. Licence-built aircraft include the Lisunov Li-2 and Showa L2D.