List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1960

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3A that occurred in 1960, 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 involving military aircraft are outside the scope of this list.

January 3
A Douglas C-47A (registration VT-CGG) operated by Indian Airlines crashed near Taksing, India while on a supply drop mission, killing all nine on board. The accident was caused by a navigation error, causing the pilot to enter a wrong valley.[1]
January 6
A US Navy Douglas R4D-8 (registration 17154) crashed while attempting to land at Byrd Station, Antarctica in whiteout conditions; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.[2]
February 25
A Douglas C-47A (registration PP-AXD) operated by REAL Transportes Aéreos collided in mid-air with a US Navy Douglas C-118 (registration 131582) over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 26 on board the C-47 and 35 on board the C-118. The C-47 was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Campos to Rio de Janeiro.[3]
March 5
A Douglas C-47A (registration G-AMSF) operated by Don Everall Aviation crashed on takeoff from Birmingham International Airport due to engine failure; all three crew and 28 passengers survived, but the aircraft was written off.[4]
March 16
A Douglas C-47-DL (registration JA5018) operated by All Nippon Airways collided on the runway at Nagoya with a JASDF F-86D Sabre (registration 94-8137), killing three of 33 on the C-47; the F-86 pilot survived.[5]
April 12
A Douglas C-53 registration PP-CDS belonging to Varig and operating a flight on behalf of Cruzeiro do Sul from Pelotas to Porto Alegre collided with two other aircraft, crashed and caught fire after it deviated to the right on take-off and an over correction caused a sharp turn to the left. Of the 22 passengers and crew aboard, 10 died.[6][7]
April 28
A Douglas C-47B (registration YV-C-AFE) operated by Linea Aeropostal Venezolana crashed near Calabozo after a bomb exploded on board, killing all three crew and 10 passengers on board.[8]
July 10
A Douglas C-47-DL (registration VT-DGS) operated by the Gulf Aviation disappeared in the vicinity of Sharjah, UAE on a scheduled domestic passenger flight, from Doha Airport, Qatar to Sharjah Airport. Three members of crew and 13 passengers were lost in the accident.[9]
July 11
A Douglas C-47B (registration 45-1109) operated by US Mission struck Pichincha Volcano near Quito, Ecuador while operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Bogota to Quito, killing all 18 on board.[10]
July 14
A Douglas C-47A (registration PI-C16) operated by Philippine Airlines ditched off Mindanao due to fuel exhaustion after the crew diverted to Cebu due to bad weather at Zamboanga; all three crew and 28 passengers survived, but the aircraft was written off.[11]
July 15
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 372 (a Douglas C-47A) struck a mountain near Jimma, Ethiopia, killing the pilot.
August 1
A Douglas C-47-DL (registration TAM-09) operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar struck Hayti Mountain near Tipuani, Bolivia en route from La Paz, killing all six on board.[12]
August 25
A Lisunov Li-2P (registration SP-LAL) operated by LOT Polish Airlines crashed near Tczew, Poland while on a survey flight over the Vistula River floods, killing six.[13]
September 28
A Douglas C-53-DO (registration XA-HUS) operated by Mexicana struck a mountain in fog near Juchetipec, killing eight of 18 on board.[14]
November 5
A Douglas C-47A (registration 9N-AAD) operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed on takeoff from Bhairawa Airport, killing all four on board.[15]
November 22
A US Navy R4D Skytrain on a research flight through Antarctica flew into the Crary Mountains after drifting off course in thick cloud. The aircraft took evasive action, avoiding a crash with around fifty feet clearance, but one wingtip collided with a mountain peak and the aircraft returned damaged.[16]
November 23
Philippine Airlines Flight S26 (a Douglas DC-3C, registration PI-C133) disappeared on an Iloilo to Manila service with 33 on board; the wreckage was found on Mount Baco a week later; a navigation error was blamed.[17]
December 12
A Douglas C-47A (registration VH-INI) operated by Airlines of New South Wales disappeared off Sydney while on a training flight with three on board.[18]
December 22
Philippine Airlines Flight S85 (a Douglas C-47A), registration PI-C126, crashed on takeoff from Cebu Airport due to engine failure, killing 28 of 37 on board.[19]

See also

References
  1. Accident description for VT-CGG at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  2. Accident description for 17154 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  3. Accident description for PP-AXD at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  4. Accident description for G-AMSF at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  5. Accident description for JA5018 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  6. "Accident description PP-CDS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  7. Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Decolagem sinuosa". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 187–189. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
  8. Accident description for YV-C-AFE at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  9. Ranter, Harro; Lujan, Fabian I. (2010). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL VT-DGS Sharjah". Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  10. Accident description for 45-1109 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  11. Accident description for PI-C16 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  12. Accident description for TAM-09 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  13. Accident description for SP-LAL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
  14. Accident description for XA-HUS at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  15. Accident description for 9N-AAD at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  16. Behrendt, John C. (2004). The ninth circle : a memoir of life and death in Antarctica, 1960-62. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 3–7. ISBN 0826334253.
  17. Accident description for PI-C133 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  18. Accident description for VH-INI at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  19. Accident description for PI-C126 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 3 April 2013.

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 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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