List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1941

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 variants that have taken place in the year 1941, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov PS-84. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.

January 12
United States A United Airlines Douglas DC-3A-197 (registration NC16072) was destroyed in a hangar fire at Salt Lake City Municipal Airport along with a Western Air Express Boeing 247 (NC13339).[1]
January 23
United States TWA Flight 6 (a Douglas DC-3B-202, registration NC17315) struck trees and crashed near St. Louis while attempting to land in bad weather, killing two of 15 on board.[2]
February 26
United States Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 (a Douglas DST-318A, registration NC28394) crashed while descending to land at Atlanta, Georgia due to altimeter misread, killing eight of 16 on board, including Congressman William D. Byron; Eastern Air Lines president Eddie Rickenbacker survived the crash.
April 3
United States An Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-3-201B (NC21727) crashed on water near Vero Beach, Florida during a storm; all 16 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[3]
April 25
Soviet Union An Aeroflot Douglas DC-3-196A (registration URSS-C) crashed on takeoff from Moscow in a snowstorm; all three on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[4]
June 19
Romania A LARES Douglas DC-3-227 (registration YR-PAF) crashed on takeoff from Bucharest, Romania; all 18 on board survived; despite the aircraft being written off, it was rebuilt in 1953 using Soviet parts.[5]
July 26
Soviet Union A Soviet Air Force Douglas DC-3 crashed into Lake Sig, Tver region while evading an attack by two German fighters; killing seven of 17 on board; the wreckage was located in 2000. The aircraft had departed Yedrovo Airport for Andreapol Air Base.[6]
October 3
Soviet Union An Aeroflot Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3926) crashed on takeoff from Vyazma-Dvoyevka due to overloading, killing one. The wreckage was destroyed to prevent it from falling into German hands.[7]
October 30
United States Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (a Douglas DC-3A-269, registration NC21712) crashed at Moorhead, Minnesota in fog due to icing; of the 15 on board, only pilot Clarence Bates survived.[8]
October 30
United States American Airlines Flight 1 (a Douglas DC-3-277B, registration NC25663) stalled and crashed at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada while attempting to find a place to land, killing all 20 on board; the cause of the crash was not determined.[9]
November 14
Soviet Union An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3488) crashed near Akchernya, Russia while attempting a forced landing after the crew were unable to locate their destination after drifting off course, killing all 14 on board.[10]
November 29
Soviet Union An Aeroflot PS-84 (CCCP-L3989) crashed on takeoff from Saratov Airport during a test flight, killing one of five on board. The tail and ailerons were damaged in a storm three weeks earlier while the aircraft was parked, but during repairs, the aileron control cables were connected backwards by mistake.[11]

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