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

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This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A 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.

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DateTypeOperator Call sign FatalitiesInfo
January 3, 1960 Douglas C-47A Indian Airlines VT-CGG9Crashed 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, 1960 Douglas R4D-8 U.S. Navy 17154N/ACrashed while attempting to land at Byrd Station, Antarctica in whiteout conditions; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off. [2]
February 25, 1960Douglas C-47A Real Transportes Aéreos PP-AXD26 Collided in mid-air with US Navy Douglas C-118 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, 1960Douglas C-47ADon Everall AviationG-AMSF NoneCrashed on takeoff from Birmingham Airport due to engine failure; all three crew and 28 passengers survived, but the aircraft was written off. [4]
March 16, 1960Douglas C-47-DL All Nippon Airways JA50183Collided on the runway at Nagoya with JASDF F-86D Sabre 94-8137, killing three of 33 on the C-47; the F-86 pilot survived. [5]
April 12, 1960Douglas C-53 Varig PP-CDS10Collided 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, 1960Douglas C-47BLinea Aeropostal VenezolanaYV-C-AFE13Crashed near Calabozo after a bomb exploded on board, killing all three crew and 10 passengers on board. [8]
July 10, 1960Douglas C-47-DL Gulf Aviation VT-DGS16 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. The aircraft was leased from Kalinga Airlines. [9]
July 11, 1960Douglas C-47BU.S. Navy45-110918Crashed into 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, 1960Douglas C-47A Philippine Airlines PI-C16 NoneDitched 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, 1960Douglas C-47A Ethiopian Air Lines ET-T-18 1Crashed into a mountain near Jimma, Ethiopia, killing the pilot.
August 1, 1960Douglas C-47-DL Transporte Aéreo Militar TAM-096Crashed into Hayti Mountain near Tipuani, Bolivia en route from La Paz, killing all six on board. [12]
August 25, 1960 Lisunov Li-2P LOT Polish Airlines SP-LAL6Crashed near Tczew, Poland while on a survey flight over the Vistula River floods, killing six. [13]
September 28, 1960 Douglas C-53-DO Mexicana de Aviación XA-HUS8Crashed into a mountain in fog near Juchetipec, killing eight of 18 on board. [14]
October 8, 1960Lisunov Li-2TaromYR-TAXN/ACrashed at Mironeasa-Iassy, Romania. [15]
November 5, 1960Douglas C-47A Royal Nepal Airlines 9N-AAD4Crashed on takeoff from Bhairawa Airport, killing all four on board. [16]
November 11, 1960Lisunov Li-2 Aeroflot CCCP-847485Crashed on takeoff from Zyryanka Airport, killing five of six on board. [17]
November 22, 1960 R4D Skytrain U.S. NavyN/A NoneFlew 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. [18]
November 23, 1960Douglas DC-3CPhilippine AirlinesPI-C13333Disappeared 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. [19]
December 12, 1960Douglas C-47AAirlines of New South WalesVH-INI3Crashed off Sydney for reasons unknown while on a training flight, killing the three crew. [20]
December 22, 1960Douglas C-47APhilippine AirlinesPI-C12628Crashed on takeoff from Cebu Airport due to engine failure, killing 28 of 37 on board. [21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Accident descriptionfor VT-CGG at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Accident descriptionfor 17154 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Accident descriptionfor PP-AXD at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Accident descriptionfor G-AMSF at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Accident descriptionfor 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 descriptionfor 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 descriptionfor 45-1109 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  11. ↑ Accident descriptionfor PI-C16 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Accident descriptionfor TAM-09 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Accident descriptionfor SP-LAL at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 17 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Accident descriptionfor XA-HUS at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Accident descriptionfor YR-TAX at the Aviation Safety Network
  16. ↑ Accident descriptionfor 9N-AAD at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  17. ↑ Accident descriptionfor CCCP-84748 at the Aviation Safety Network
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Accident descriptionfor PI-C133 at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  20. ↑ Accident descriptionfor VH-INI at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 3 April 2013.
  21. ↑ Accident descriptionfor 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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