List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1942

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 variants that have taken place in the year 1942, 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 13
An Aeroflot Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3438) crashed near Smelovka, Russia following an in-flight fire, killing two of six on board; the five crew bailed out at 350 m (1,150 ft) (although one did not survive); the sole passenger was unable to bail out. The aircraft was on a flight from Morozovski to an area behind German lines.[1]
January 16
TWA Flight 3 (a Douglas DC-3-382) struck Potosi Mountain due to deviation from course caused by pilot error, killing all 22 on board, including American actress Carole Lombard and her mother.
January 25
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3479) crashed near Molotov Airport after several landing attempts in heavy snow and poor visibility; all nine on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[2]
March 10
A Douglas DC-3-270 (registration NC21750)(Also reported as USAF 42-38257) burned out while parked at Khartoum, Sudan; the aircraft was operated by Pan Am's African division.[3]
March 22
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3975) went missing near Medyn with six on board while on a flight from Monino to an area behind German lines.[4]
April 15
A USAAF DC-3A-269C (registration NC25623) was reportedly destroyed at an unknown location.[5]
April 19
A USAAF C-49H (serial number 42-38254) crashed on takeoff from Hastings Airport, killing 20.[6]
April 21
A USAAF C-50A (serial number 41-7710) stalled and crashed near Pope AAF, North Carolina, killing at least one.[7]
May 1
United Airlines Flight 4 (a Douglas DST-A-207A, registration NC18146) struck a mountain near Salt Lake City while on approach for landing due to an unexplained course change, killing all 17 on board.[8]
May 6
Royal Air Force Dakota LR231 destroyed in a Japanese air attack at Mytikyina, Burma.[9]
May 12
Northwest Airlines Flight 1 (a Douglas DC-3A-269, registration NC21714) overran the runway on landing at Miles City Municipal Airport and crashed while attempting to go-around, killing three of 14 on board.[10]
June 16
A USAAF C-53 Skytrooper (serial number 41-20069) went missing over the Pacific Ocean.[11]
June 18
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3423) crashed shortly after takeoff from Khodynka Aerodrome due to engine problems leading to engine failure, killing 12 of 21 on board; one person on the ground also died when the aircraft crashed near the Moscow-Butyrskaya tovarnaya railway station.[12]
June 18
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3484) went into a dive and crashed near Yelets in bad weather, killing five of seven on board. The aircraft was returning from a partisan airstrip in Trubchevsky District, Bryansk Region, behind German lines.[13]
June 19
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3447) crashed near Novosibirsk shortly after takeoff during a training flight due to engine failure caused by crew error, killing one of four on board.[14]
June 24
A USAAF C-49F (serial number 42-56621) crashed at Camp Williams, Wisconsin following a mid-air collision with USAAF C-48B 42-56611, killing three.[15]
August 15
A USAAF C-53 Skytrooper (serial number 42-6463) struck trees on a mountainside near Garnet Peak, Massachusetts, killing 17 of 20 on board.[16]
August 23
A USAAF Douglas C-47 (serial number 41-7803) of 14th Fighter Group struck Moel-y-Gaer Mountain, Wales, United Kingdom while descending through bad weather; killing 12 of 13 on board (only a passenger survived).[17]
September 7
A Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-3A-228 (registration XA-CAB) crashed at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.[18]
September 19
A USAAF C-47 (serial number 41-18485) crashed 100 feet below the peak of Blue Mountain in the Kittakinny Ridge (8 km (5.0 mi) west of Blairstown, New Jersey), killing the seven crew.[19]
September 23
A USAAF C-53 (serial number 41-20112) went missing between Kunming and Chabua.[20]
October 9
A USN Douglas R4D-1 (serial number 01981) struck a mountain in New Caledonia, killing eight.[21]
October 23
American Airlines Flight 28 (Douglas DC-3-178 NC16017 "Connecticut") collided in mid-air with USAAF Lockheed B-34 Ventura 2A 41-38116 near Palm Springs, California killing all 12 on board the DC-3, including American composer Ralph Rainger; the B-34 landed safely with minor damage.
November 17
A China National Aviation Corporation Douglas C-47-DL (registration 60) disappeared over the Himalayas while being ferried from Kunming to Dinjan with three on board; the wreckage was discovered on a mountain in Yunnan Province, China in 2011.[22]
November 17
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 (registration CCCP-L3965) crashed shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport due to overloading and wing icing, killing all 20 on board.[23]
November 18
A United Airlines DC-3A-191 (registration NC16064) crashed on landing at Wright-Patterson Army Air Base. The aircraft was operating for the USAAF Air Transport Command.[24]
December 8
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L5805) was being delivered to the Soviet Air Force when it crashed into Mount Menshy Brat, Uzbekistan due to a loss of altitude while flying in low cloud and icing conditions, killing all eight on board.[25]
December 15
Western Air Lines Flight 1 (a Douglas DC-3A-191, registration NC16060) crashed near Fairfield, Utah after performing a violent maneuver for reasons unknown, of the 19 on board, only two passengers survived.[26]
December 22
An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3903) stalled and crashed near Yanaul while attempting a go-around following an aborted approach, killing 10 of 12 on board. The aircraft was operating a Moscow-Kazan-Sverdlovsk passenger service.[27]

See also

References
  1. Accident description for CCCP-L3438 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  2. Accident description for CCCP-L3479 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  3. Accident description for NC21750 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  4. Accident description for CCCP-L3975 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  5. Accident description for NC25623 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  6. Accident description for 42-38254 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  7. Accident description for 41-7710 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  8. Accident description for NC18146 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  9. Berry 1971, p. 24
  10. Accident description for NC21714 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  11. Accident description for 41-20069 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 August 2016.
  12. Accident description for CCCP-L3423 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  13. Accident description for CCCP-L3484 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  14. Accident description for CCCP-L3447 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  15. Accident description for 42-56621 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 August 2016.
  16. Accident description for 42-6463 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 August 2016.
  17. Accident description for 41-7803 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  18. Accident description for XA-CAB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  19. Accident description for 41-18485 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  20. Accident description for 41-20112 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  21. Accident description for 01981 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 January 2019.
  22. Accident description for 60 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  23. Accident description for CCCP-L3965 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 8 November 2015.
  24. Accident description for NC16064 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 August 2016.
  25. Accident description for CCCP-L5805 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  26. Accident description for NC16060 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 19 May 2013.
  27. Accident description for CCCP-L3903 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 November 2016.
  • Peter Berry, ed. (1971). The Douglas Commercial Story. Air-Britain Historians.
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