# List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 (1970–1974)

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 that occurred in the early to mid 1970s, 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.

## 1970–1971

| Date | Type | Call sign | Fatalities | Info |
| January 2, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | XW-PGJ | 4 | Crashed into a mountain near Long Cheng, killing all four people on board. |
| January 9, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | — | 1 | An attempt was made to hijack a Douglas C-47 of RAPSA at Enrique Malek International Airport, David City. The hijacker was overpowered and arrested, but there was one fatality. The aircraft was due to operate a flight to Bocas del Toro Airport. |
| January 13, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | 5W-FAC | 32 | Polynesian Airlines Flight 308B, operated by Douglas C-47B 5W-FAC crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Faleolo International Airport on an international non-scheduled passenger flight to Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa. All 32 people on board were killed. |
| January 13, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | L2-17/00 | 1 | Royal Thai Air Force plane crashed on take-off from Chiang Klang Airport. |
| February 12, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | TAM-11 | None | Crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Laja Airport. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All five people on board survived. |
| February 12, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | CC-CBT | None | Ditched of Puerto Montt following the failure of both engines. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight, both crew survived. |
| February 12, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | HK-1270 | 14 | Crashed at Puerto Infrida while attempting to return to Puerto Infrida Airport following an engine overspeed. The aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger flight. All twelve people on board were killed, as were a further two on the ground. |
| February 15, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | 9Q-CUP | — | This Air Congo plane was reported to have been written off at an unknown location. |
| February 20, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | B-243 | 2 | Crashed into a mountain shortly after take-off from Sung Shan Airport, Taipei. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight, both crew were killed. |
| March 5, 1970 | Lisunov Li-2 | CCCP-58340 | None | Aeroflot was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway on take-off from Ust-Kut Airport. |
| March 21, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | N163J | 2 | Operated by S Bernstein and crashed at Melcor Orcampo killing both crew. The aircraft was operating an international cargo flight from Laredo International Airport, Texas to Fresnillo Airport. |
| March 22, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | XC-CFE | — | This Comisión Federal de Electricidad plane was written off at Ciudad Aleman. |
| April 19, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | EP-AGZ | None | Stalled on take-off from Ahwaz Airport and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed by the subsequent fire. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All 25 people on board survived. |
| April 22, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | B-308 | None | This Winner Airways flight overran the runway on landing at Tuy Hoa Air Base and was damaged beyond repair. |
| May 9, 1970 | Douglas DC-3D | OO-AUX | None | A Delta Air Transport was substantially damaged in a collision with a ground power unit at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Although repaired and ferried to Antwerp Airport on 1 June, the aircraft was subsequently used as a clubhouse. It was scrapped in September 1973. |
| May 21, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | N75430 | None | This privately owned Douglas C-47 N75430 was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Prudhoe, Alaska. The aircraft was on an executive flight from Pingo Airstrip to Fairbanks International Airport when an engine failed after mismanagement prior to take-off. All three people on board survived. |
| May 21, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | — | None | Douglas DC-3 of Avianca was hijacked to Yariguíes Airport, Barrancabermeja whilst on a flight from El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal to Alberto Lleras Carmargo Airport, Sogamoso. The hijackers had demanded to be taken to Cuba. |
| June 19, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | CF-AAC | None | This Austin Airways plane written off in an accident at Val-d'Or Airport, Quebec. |
| July 3, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | N154R | 7 | Reeder Flying Service plane crashed on take-off from McGrath Airport, Alaska on a domestic passenger flight to Galena Airport, Alaska. Seven of the 27 people on board were killed. |
| July 6, 1970 | Douglas VC-47 | T.3–43 | — | This Ejército del Aire aircraft was reported to have been written off in an accident. |
| July 14, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | TAM-17 | — | TAM plane damaged beyond repair in an accident at El Alto International Airport, La Paz. |
| July 23, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | XW-TDC | — | Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident during inclement weather at Long Cheng. |
| July 23, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | XW-TDO | — | Reported to have been damaged beyond repair in an accident in Laos. |
| August 22, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | PP-CCL | — | Written off in an accident at Cruzeiro do Sul International Airport, Acre. |
| August 30, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | CF-JRY | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in a storm at Toronto Pearson International Airport. |
| September 3, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | G-AVPW | None | This Hunting Surveys flight was substantially damaged when it was subjected to ground fire on take-off from Nova Lisboa Airport. Hydraulic lines were damaged and the fuel tanks ruptured. A successful emergency landing was made at Luanda Airport. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. |
| September 30, 1970 | Douglas DC-3DST | B-305 | 3 | Crashed into a hill near Da Nang while attempting to divert to Da Nang Airport due to weather conditions at its intended destination of Phu Bai Airport, Huế. Three of the 38 people on board were killed. |
| October 1, 1970 | Douglas R4D-6 | N47 | 2 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Anchorage International Airport and was destroyed in the subsequent fire. The aircraft was operating a local training flight. Both crew were killed. |
| October 6, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | ZS-DKR | 3 | Crashed near Germiston following the failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Rand Airport on an executive flight. Three of the 11 people on board were killed. |
| October 7, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | CF-TAR | — | This Transair aircraft was reported to have been written off. |
| October 16, 1970 | Lisunov Li-2 | CCCP-84777 | — | Crashed on take-off from Leshukonskoye Airport, Archangelsk. The aircraft was overloaded and its centre of gravity was beyond the aft limit. |
| November 6, 1970 | Douglas C-47B | ZK-AXS | None | Damaged beyond economic repair at Paraparaumu Airport during a simulated downwind takeoff, when the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft was operating a training flight. The fuselage was subsequently used for fire training purposes, and was last reported to be at Wellington. |
| November 9, 1970 | Douglas C-47 | — | — | Hijacked and diverted to Doha Airport, Baghdad. |
| November 10, 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | — | — | This flight from Amman Civil Airport, Jordan to King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh Saudi Arabia was hijacked and diverted to Damascus Airport, Syria. |
| November 19, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | PI-C9 | — | Damaged beyond repair by Typhoon Patsy at Manila International Airport. |
| November 19, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | PI-C15 | — | Damaged beyond repair by Typhoon Patsy at Manila International Airport. |
| November 19, 1970 | Douglas DC-3D | PI-C944 | — | Damaged beyond repair by Typhoon Patsy at Manila International Airport. |
| December 4, 1970 | Douglas C-53D | FAN-411 | 6 | Crashed near the Turriabla Volcano whilst on a flight from Managua International Airport, Nicaragua to a destination in Panama City killing all 6 on board. |
| December 5, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | VT-CZC | 5 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi following an engine failure. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. Five of the sixteen people on board were killed. |
| December 6, 1970 | Douglas C-53D | PP-CDH | — | Crashed near the Turriabla Volcano whilst on a flight from Mexico City International Airport, Mexico to a destination in Chile. |
| January 4, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | N7 | None | Crashed on approach to La Guardia Airport, New York. The aircraft was on a flight from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The cause of the accident was windshear. |
| January 22, 1971 | Douglas DC-3 | — | None | This Ethiopian Airlines flight was hijacked en route from Bahar Dar Airport to Gondar Airport by four Eritrean hijackers. The aircraft was forced to land at Benghazi Airport. |
| February 14, 1971 | Douglas C-47 | N14273 | None | Crashed on approach to Shawnee Municipal Airport, Shawnee, Oklahoma following the failure of the port engine. All 29 people on board survived. The aircraft was on a local sightseeing flight. |
| February 19, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | N99H | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident at an airport in Houston, Texas. The cause was a maintenance error which cause the starboard brakes to bind. |
| February 25, 1971 | Douglas DC-3 | LV-JTC | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Tucumán Airport. |
| March 2, 1971 | Douglas C-47 | C-47 HC-ALC | — | Damaged beyond economic repair. |
| March 24, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | N49319 | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident at Red Devil Airport, Alaska. The aircraft was on an executive flight from Bethel Airport. |
| March 26, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | VT-ATT | 15 | Crashed into a hill near Hashimara whilst on a flight from Guwahati Airport to Bagdogra Airport. All 15 people on board were killed. |
| April 5, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | N57372 | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident at Beef Island Airport. The aircraft was operating an international cargo flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| April 6, 1971 | Douglas R4D-6 | 5Y-DCA | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at an airport in Nairobi. |
| April 15, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | 293246 | 40 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Floridablanca Airfield following the failure of the starboard engine. All 40 people on board were killed. The aircraft was operating a military flight to Manila Airport. The accident was the 2nd worst involving the DC-3 at the time, and is the 3rd worst as of 2010. |
| May 4, 1971 | Douglas C-47 | TAM-22 | None | Crashed shortly after take-off from El Alto Airport, La Paz on a cargo flight to El Jovi Airport. |
| June 3, 1971 | Douglas DC-3 | PH-MOA | None | Crashed on landing at Southend Airport. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight to the Netherlands carrying supporters of Ajax Football Club when an oil leak was discovered shortly after take-off and it was decided to return to Southend. The aircraft overran the runway on landing and landed up alongside the railway line beyond the airport boundary. |
| June 13, 1971 | Lisunov Li-2 | — | None | Crashed in thick fog on Big Diomede Island on the Soviet side of the Bering Strait. All crew members (likely four) were injured. The hull remains visible at 65°46′42″N 169°04′00″W﻿ / ﻿65.7783°N 169.0666°W﻿ / 65.7783; -169.0666 as of January 2020. |
| June 15, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | EP-ADG | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Shiraz Airport. |
| June 28, 1971 | Douglas C-47 | N90627 | 17 | Crashed on take-off from Shelter Cove Airport, California on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to San Jose International Airport. Seventeen of the 24 people on board were killed. The cause of the accident was that flight was attempted with the rudder and elevator gust locks in place. Inadequate pre-flight inspection was a contributory factor. |
| June 30, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | XW-TDI | 3 | Written off in an accident at Ban Huoeisay Airport. |
| July 16, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | N74844 | None | Crashed on approach to Bradley International Airport, Connecticut. The aircraft was on a ferry flight to Beverly Municipal Airport, Massachusetts when an engine lost power shortly after take-off due to water in the fuel. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was attempting to return to Bradley Airport. |
| July 24, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | 6V-AAP | 6 | Crashed into a hill shortly after take-off from Bamako Airport. The aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger flight. All six people on board were killed. |
| August 22, 1971 | Douglas DC-3A | B-304 | — | Written off at Kampot Airport. |
| September 6, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | A65-73 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Townsville Airport. As of 2010, the aircraft is on static display as part of the Beck Collection, Mareeba, Queensland. |
| September 9, 1971 | Douglas R4D-6 | 8P-AAC | 2 | Crashed into a mountain in Guadeloupe. |
| September 12, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | HC-AUX | — | Crashed at Cerro de Hojas. |
| September 16, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | 4W-ABI | 5 | Crashed at Preševo. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight which had departed from Beograd Airport. All five people on board were killed. |
| September 28, 1971 | Douglas DC-3A | PP-CBV | 32 | Crashed on approach to Sena Madureira Airport killing all 32 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to President Médici Airport when an engine failed shortly after take-off from Sena Madureira. |
| October 2, 1971 | Douglas DC-3A | N1981W | None | Ditched 20 miles (32 km) off Sint Maarten. The aircraft was operating a ferry flight from Alexander Hamilton International Airport to Princess Juliana International Airport when it ran out of fuel. All three people on board survived. |
| October 17, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | HK-595 | 19 | Crashed on take-off from Eduardo Falla Solano Airport, San Vicente del Caguán, killing all 19 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight although it was only certified to carry freight and three crew. It was also overloaded by 311 kilograms (686 lb). |
| November 3, 1971 | Douglas C-47B | HC-ANJ | 3 | Crashed into a hill at Nevado Santo Isabel, killing all three people on board. The aircraft was being ferried to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. The wreckage was not discovered until 6 January 1972. |
| November 10, 1971 | Douglas EC-47Q | 43-48009 | — | Damaged in a take-off accident at Kamphaeng Saen Air Base, Nakhon Pathom. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. |
| December 15, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | BJ622 | — | Written off at an unknown location. |
| December 17, 1971 | Douglas C-47A | BJ662 | 5 | Written off in an accident at Machuka, killing all five people on board. |
| December 17, 1971 | Douglas C-47 | HJ244 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Machuka. |
| December 21, 1971 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-TFC | 2 | Crashed at Ban Boum. Both crew were killed, but the single passenger survived. |

## 1972–1973

| Date | Type | Call sign | Fatalities | Info |
| January 5, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | CF-KAH | — | Damaged beyond economic repair at Norman Wells Airport. |
| January 21, 1972 | Douglas DC-3 | FAC-661 | 39 | Crashed at San Nicolas whilst operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight from Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, Medellín to Gerardo Tobar López Airport, Buenaventurea. |
| February 10, 1972 | Douglas DC-3 | — | 5 | Written off near Dhaka, killing all five people on board. The aircraft was on a training flight. |
| March 14, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | HC-SJE | 6 | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Sangai. |
| April 11, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | VH-PNB | None | Overran the runway on landing at Madang Airport, ending up in the sea damaged beyond economic repair. |
| April 20, 1972 | Douglas C-47D | OB-R-653 | 6 | Crashed into Mount Killukichu near Moyobamba. The aircraft was operating a domestic cargo flight from FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport to Tarapoto Airport via Moyobamba Airport. All six people on board were killed. |
| May 8, 1972 | Douglas VC-47J | YV-C-GAI | 7 | Crashed into a mountain whilst on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Tomás de Heres Airport, Ciudad Bolívar to La Centella Airport. All seven people on board were killed. |
| July 2, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | F-WSGU | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Kulusuk Airport. |
| July 7, 1972 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-PHW | None | Overran the runway on landing at Kompong Som Airport and was damaged beyond economic repair. |
| July 11, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | HZ-AAK | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Tabuk Airport. |
| July 17, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | VH-MAE | None | Damaged beyond economic repair when the starboard undercarriage collapsed on landing at Madang Airport. The aircraft was operating a domestic cargo flight from Wapenamanda Airport. |
| July 21, 1972 | Douglas C-53 | N39393 | None | Overran the runway on landing at Pivijai Airport and was damaged beyond economic repair. The aircraft was on a flight from Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama to Queen Beatrix International Airport, Oranjestad, Aruba when a smell of burning was detected in the cockpit and the pilot decided to divert to Pivijai. |
| July 29, 1972 | Douglas DC-3A | HK-107 | 21 | On 29 July, Douglas DC-3As HK-107 and HK-1341 of Avianca were involved in a mid-air collision over the Las Palomas Mountains. Both aircraft crashed, killing 21 people on HK-107 and 17 people on HK-1341. Both aircraft were operating domestic scheduled passenger flights from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Yopal Airport. |
| August 4, 1972 | Douglas DC-3 | N31538 | None | Suffered an in-flight engine fire shortly after take-off from NAS Point Mugu, California on a cargo flight to Hollywood-Burbank Airport. The aircraft departed the runway in the emergency landing and was destroyed by the subsequent fire. All three people on board survived. |
| August 4, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | 6850 | — | Written off in an accident at Snake Valley, near AFB Swartkop. |
| August 16, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | XY-ACM | 28 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Thandwe Airport on a scheduled passenger flight. 28 out of 31 people on board were killed. |
| August 20, 1972 | Douglas DC-3A | PK-ZDD | — | Written off in an accident at Sumbawa Besar. |
| August 27, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | YV-C-AKE | 34 | Suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Canaima Airport on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomás de Heres Airport, Ciudad Bolivar. The aircraft crashed whilst attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board. The aircraft, c/n 4705, is preserved at the Museo Aeronaútico de Maracay. |
| September 10, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | ET-ABQ | 11 | Crashed near Gondar following the in-flight separation of the starboard wing. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Axum Airport to Gondar Airport. All 11 people on board were killed. |
| September 13, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | 9N-RF10 | 31 | Crashed near Panchkhal after hitting electricity supply lines. The aircraft was engaged in parachuting activity, based at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. |
| September 17, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | CP-565 | None | Crashed on take-off from El Alto International Airport, La Paz. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All four people on board survived. |
| September 25, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | TAM-24 | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Caranavi Airport. A photograph taken in 1981 shows the hulk of the aircraft was at El Alto International Airport, La Paz. |
| September 30, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | EC-AQE | 1 | Crashed on take-off from Madrid-Barajas Airport. The aircraft was being used for training duties and the student pilot over-rotated and stalled. One of the six people on board was killed. |
| October 2, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | XW-TDA | 9 | Shot down on approach to Kampot Airport. The aircraft was operating a passenger flight, all nine people on board were killed. |
| October 30, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | VH-PNA | — | Overran the runway on landing at Madang Airport. The aircraft was subsequently withdrawn from use and used for fire practice, eventually being scrapped in 1978. |
| November 1, 1972 | Douglas DC-3 | 4W-ABJ | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident at Beihan Airport. |
| November 17, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | CF-FOL | 3 | Ditched east of St John's following fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Keflavík International Airport to St. John's International Airport. All three people on board were killed. |
| November 21, 1972 | Douglas EC-47Q | 43-49771 | 2 | Crashed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, killing two of the 10 people on board. The aircraft was operated by the 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, United States Air Force. |
| December 1, 1972 | Douglas C-47A | CF-TQW | 2 | Crashed into a mountain west of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight which had departed from Norman Wells Airport. Both crew were killed. |
| December 6, 1972 | Douglas C-47B | CF-AUQ | None | Crashed 11.9 miles (19 km) south of Lake Randall, Quebec. All three people on board survived. |
| December 26, 1972 | Douglas C-47 | — | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Tonquil Island. |
| January 19, 1973 | Douglas C-47B | PK-EHC | None | Crashed on landing at Supadio Airport, Pontianak and was destroyed in the subsequent fire. All four people on board escaped. |
| January 29, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | PP-SQA | — | Crashed on landing at Rondonópolis Airport. |
| February 3, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | IJ341 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair. |
| February 6, 1973 | Douglas C-47B | CF-HTH | — | Damaged beyond economic repair when it was hit by a vehicle at an airport in Montreal. |
| February 12, 1973 | Douglas C-47A | CF-OOV | None | Crashed on approach to Iqaluit Airport. The aircraft was on a ferry flight to Resolute Bay Airport when power was lost shortly after take-off from Iqaluit and the decision was made to return. All three people on board survived. |
| February 21, 1973 | Douglas C-47A | HP-560 | 22 | Crashed into Cerro Horqueta mountain killing 22 of the 28 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight from Enrique Malek Airport, David to Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport. |
| February 23, 1973 | Douglas DC-3F | ZK-AOI | 1 | Crashed at Seddon following the in-flight structural failure of the starboard wing between the engine nacelle and the fuselage, killing the pilot. The aircraft had been modified for aerial topdressing after being retired from Royal New Zealand Air Force service in 1966 and was owned by topdressing company Southern Air Super at the time of the crash, based at Woodbourne Airport, Blenheim. The accident investigation found that the wing failure had been caused by overstressing of the structure due to the aircraft operating from rough airstrips and that the aircraft was overloaded on its last flight. |
| March 2, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | N6574 | None | Overran the runway on landing at San Salvador Airport and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States. |
| March 31, 1973 | Douglas DC-3D | 6169 | — | Crash landed at Cuito Cuanavale after being hit by small arms fire from the ground. The aircraft was operating a military flight from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda to Henrique de Carvalho Airport. |
| April 11, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | T.3-37 | — | Involved in an accident and was subsequently withdrawn from use. |
| May 3, 1973 | Lisunov Li-2 | CCCP-04244 | None | Fell through the ice in Antarctica at 82°15′S 125°00′W﻿ / ﻿82.250°S 125.000°W﻿ / -82.250; -125.000 whilst taxiing. The aircraft was subsequently deliberately destroyed for security reasons. |
| May 4, 1973 | Douglas DC-3 | — | 3 | Destroyed on the ground at Kampot Airport. |
| May 19, 1973 | Douglas C-47A | XW-TDM | 11 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Svay Rieng Airport. All eleven people on board were killed. |
| May 29, 1973 | Douglas C-47A | CF-QBB | 4 | Crashed on approach to Rimouski Airport, killing all four people on board. |
| June 1, 1973 | Douglas DC-3 | HI-117 | — | Crashed at Santiago de los Caballeros. |
| July 5, 1973 | Douglas C-47B | 5H-AAK | — | Crashed at Mbeya Airport. |
| August 7, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | HJ916 | — | Written off following an accident. |
| August 22, 1973 | Douglas DC-3A | HK-111 | 16 | Crashed into a hill near Casanare killing 16 of the 17 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal. |
| September 12, 1973 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-PKD | None | Damaged beyond economic repair at Kampot Airport. |
| September 30, 1973 | Douglas C-47A | PT-CEV | 9 | Crashed shortly after take-off from Miritituba Airport, killing all nine people on board. |
| October 2, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | T.3-25 | — | Involved in an accident and was subsequently withdrawn from use. |
| October 10, 1973 | Lisunov Li-2 | CCCP-71209 | 5 | Crashed on take-off from Tashauz Airport, Turkmenistan on a cargo flight to Darvaza Airport following double engine failure. All five people on board were killed. Aeroflot retired all civil Li-2s following this accident. |
| November 17, 1973 | Douglas C-47B | XV-NIE | 27 | Crashed 20 kilometres (11 nmi) north north west of Quảng Ngãi killing all 27 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Saigon to Quảng Ngãi Airport. |
| November 21, 1973 | Douglas R4D-8 | 17171 | None | Made a forced landing on a sandur in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla and was abandoned. As of 2020, the fuselage of the aircraft remains at the site and has become a tourist attraction. |
| November 23, 1973 | Douglas C-47 | MM61832 | 4 | Crashed at Porto Marghera killing four people. |
| December 3, 1973 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-PHV | — | Crashed shortly after take-off from Phnom Penh International Airport. |
| December 13, 1973 | Douglas DC-3 | 4W-ABR | — | Damaged beyond economic repair at Ta'izz International Airport. |
| December 27, 1973 | Douglas DC-3A | N19428 | None | Damaged beyond economic repair when it was landed next to a road in West Palm Beach, Florida following fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was operating a domestic passenger flight for Shawnee Airlines from Orlando International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport. |
| December 28, 1973 | Douglas C-49E | ZS-DAK | 1 | Ditched off Umbogintwini Beach, south of Durban following loss of power to both engines. The aircraft was operating a passenger flight to Louis Botha Airport. One passenger drowned. An engine from this aircraft is displayed in the South African Air Force Museum. |
| December 29, 1973 | Douglas C-49D | EM-3 | None | Overran the runway on landing at Dalat Airport. The aircraft was substantially damaged and was not salvaged due to the presence of land mines in the area. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All nine people on board survived. |

## 1974

| Date | Type | Call sign | Fatalities | Info |
| January 8, 1974 | Douglas VC-47B | 6161 | — | Crashed at Vila Cabral Airport and was damaged beyond economic repair. The aircraft was on a military flight from Mueda Airport and it is reported that it was hit by small arms fire on approach to Vila Cabral. |
| January 17, 1974 | Douglas DC-3A | HK-1216 | 14 | Crashed near Chigorodó killing all 14 people on board. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight which had originated at Gonzalo Mejía Airport. |
| January 19, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | TAM-30 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair in a wheels-up landing at Laia. |
| January 21, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | PK-GDC | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Broome Airport. |
| January 24, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | 5V-MAG | 4 | Damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Lama Kara. |
| January 28, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | CF-TVK | — | Destroyed in a hangar fire at Carp Airport, Ottawa. |
| February 15, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | TI-1086C | None | Damaged beyond economic repair when it crash-landed at Managua Airport. |
| February 23, 1974 | Douglas TC-47B | HK-1333 | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in a forced landing near Cali. The aircraft had departed from Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport. An engine failure and in-flight fire meant a forced landing in a field. |
| April 10, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | A65-111 | — | Destroyed by fire on the ground at RAAF Base Laverton, where it had been in storage since October 1972 pending its disposal. The cockpit was salvaged and in 1976 was sold to a private individual who restored it over a period of 13 years. The cockpit is now permanently mounted on a trailer and is displayed at air shows in Australia by its owner. |
| April 20, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-TFL | 6 | Collided with some buildings. Six people were killed. |
| April 26, 1974 | Douglas C-47 | HJ254 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair. |
| May 2, 1974 | Douglas C-47 | HC-AUC | 20 | Crashed into a mountain near Baños de Agua Santa killing 20 of the 25 people on board. The aircraft had departed from Pastaza Airport. |
| May 28, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-TFN | — | Crashed at Kampong Chan Airport. |
| July 3, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-PKT | — | Written off at Kompong Som. |
| August 5, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | C-FTAT | 5 | Crashed into Mount Apica, Bagotville, Quebec killing five of the eleven people on board. The aircraft was on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight from La Tuque Airport to Saint Honoré Airport. |
| August 5, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | ET-ABE | — | Damaged beyond economic repair when it overshot the runway on landing at Mota Airport. |
| August 12, 1974 | Douglas C-47 | HK-508 | 27 | Crashed into Trujillo Mountain killing all 27 people on board. The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from El Dorado Airport, Bogotá to La Florida Airport, Tumaco. |
| September 12, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | BJ920 | — | Damaged beyond economic repair. |
| October 5, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | — | 6 | Crashed in Guatemala killing all six people on board. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight carrying supplies for the relief of flood victims. |
| October 8, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | XW-PKX | None | Damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident at Krakor Airport. The cause of the accident was that the pilot did not set the flaps to the take-off position. |
| October 9, 1974 | Tp 79 | 79005 | None | Crashed on approach to Nyköping Airport. All 27 people on board survived. |
| October 18, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | PP-FOR | 9 | Crashed at Bias Fortes killing nine people. |
| October 19, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | RP-C643 | 1 | Ditched off Calapan following failure of the port engine. One of the eight people on board was killed. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight which had originated at Roxas City Airport. |
| November 6, 1974 | Douglas C-47 | N76 | None | Destroyed in a hangar fire at Anchorage International Airport, Alaska. |
| November 11, 1974 | Douglas DC-3 | TAM-34 | — | Crashed near the Sorato Mountain. |
| November 13, 1974 | Douglas C-47 | FAB2050 | — | Written off at Tomé-Açu. |
| November 15, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | RP-C570 | 3 | Damaged beyond economic repair when a forced landing was made in an open field inside Moonwalk Village shortly after take-off from Manila International Airport following failure of the starboard engine. One of the eight people on board was killed along with two children on the ground who were playing up in a fruit tree on the path of horrific crash landing. |
| November 20, 1974 | Douglas C-47A | ET-AAR | 2 | Crashed on take-off from Soddu Airport. Two of the 24 people on board were killed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Beica Airport. |
| December 15, 1974 | Douglas C-50 | XW-TFI | — | Crashed at Takéo. |
| December 25, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | A65-104 | — | Damaged at RAAF Base Darwin during Cyclone Tracy and subsequently written off. The wings and tail of A65-104; and the rear fuselage and tail of PK-RDB; are now held in storage at the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin. |
| December 25, 1974 | Douglas C-47B | PK-RDB | — | Damaged beyond repair during Cyclone Tracy. The wings and tail of A65-104; and the rear fuselage and tail of PK-RDB; are now held in storage at the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin. |