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February 14 In the United States, an Atlantic & Pacific Airlines DC-3 conversion of a C-47A (registration NC59398) force-landed at an abandoned army airfield near League City, Texas due to double engine failure. The pilot, who was the only person on board, survived, but the aircraft was written off. [10] February 17
A Douglas DC-3 crashed in the Sintra Mountains near Lisbon, Portugal during approach in poor weather conditions, killing 15 of 16 aboard. [1] That same day another DC-3 crashed in northern Iceland in poor weather, killing all 25 aboard. [2] Born: Jessica Savitch, television news presenter and correspondent, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company, ... This page was last edited on 6 February 2025, at 03:00 (UTC).
This is a list of pages listing accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 [a], 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.
On April 22, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of Delta Air Lines and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant of the Tuskegee Aviation Institute collided in mid-air above Muscogee County Airport (now Columbus Airport) in Georgia, United States, and crashed. All nine people on board both aircraft, including eight Delta executives, were killed in the accident.
The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash refers to the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January. It occurred shortly after the Douglas DC-3 took off from Kastrup Airport in Denmark. All 16 passengers and 6 crew members on board were killed. [1]
March 3 – In Naval Strategic Planning Study 3, the Strategic Plans Division of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations asserts that U.S. Navy aircraft carriers will be able to operate successfully against the coast of the Soviet Union in the face of substantial land-based Soviet air power, stating that the carriers are "the only weapon in the possession of the U.S. which can deliver ...
1947 was a common year ... January 26 – A KLM Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, ... February 3 – Petar ...