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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947

Occurrences with an event date in 1947.

30 records in 1947, 30 of them fatal. Most often a Douglas C-47; most often in United States.

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Occurrences3029 accidents · 1 incidents · 24 mapped
Fatal occurrences30Fatality total known for 30 of 30
Reported fatalities636Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthJanuary5 occurrences

By month

1947: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January5 occurrences in January 1947, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).5102
February2 occurrences in February 1947, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).256
March1 occurrences in March 1947, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).123
April3 occurrences in April 1947, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).333
May5 occurrences in May 1947, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).5160
June3 occurrences in June 1947, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).366
July1 occurrences in July 1947, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).18
August3 occurrences in August 1947, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).350
September0 occurrences in September 1947, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).00
October3 occurrences in October 1947, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).374
November2 occurrences in November 1947, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).234
December2 occurrences in December 1947, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).230

Aircraft types

1947: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas C-476690
Douglas DC-35568
Douglas DC-444164
Avro LANCASTRIAN1111
Beechcraft BONANZA114
Bristol 1701121
Curtiss C-461142
Douglas C-481123
Douglas C-491118
Douglas C-541153

Countries

1947: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 8 occurrences, 26.7% of the occurrences shown. 8 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.26.7%8247
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 5 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 5 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).16.7%565
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 2 occurrences, 6.7% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).6.7%220
UnknownUnknown: 2 occurrences, 6.7% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).6.7%218
AlgeriaAlgeria: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%113
ArgentinaArgentina: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%111
CanadaCanada: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%115
ChinaChina: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%142
ColombiaColombia: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%153
CzechiaCzechia: 1 occurrences, 3.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.3%13

Deadliest occurrences

1947: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Eastern Air Lines Flight 60530 May 1947531.9 miles east of Bainbridge, Maryland1
1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash15 Feb 194753Mount El Tablazo, near Bogotá, Colombia1
United Air Lines Flight 60824 Oct 194752Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah, United States1
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 41013 Jun 194750Eight miles South of Charles Town, West Virginia1
United Air Lines Flight 52129 May 194743LaGuardia Airport, New York City, United States1
CNAC Flight 1215 Jan 194742Langya Mountain, Taoyuan Village, Licun, Qingdao, Qingdao, China1
Kvitbjørn disaster28 Aug 194735Lødingen, Hinnøya, Norway1
1947 Héðinsfjörður plane crash29 May 194725Héðinsfjörður in northern Iceland1
1947 Korangi Creek crash27 Dec 194723Korangi Creek, Pakistan1
C-47 crash on the Svaneti Range5 Mar 194723Lower Svaneti Range (Georgian SSR, USSR)1

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  1. 1947 Korangi Creek crash

    27 Dec 1947 · Korangi Creek, Pakistan · 23 fatal

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  2. Il-12 crash in Krasnoyarsk

    18 Dec 1947 · near Krasnoyarsk (RSFSR, USSR) · 7 fatal

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  3. General Leclerc's aviation accident

    28 Nov 1947 · near Colomb-Béchar, French Algeria · 13 fatal

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  4. Salerno accident

    18 Nov 1947 · Salerno, Italy · 21 fatal

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  5. 1947 Oregon Beechcraft Bonanza crash

    28 Oct 1947 · southwest of Dog Lake in rural Lake County, Oregon · 4 fatal · not on the map

  6. Pan Am Flight 923

    26 Oct 1947 · Annette Island, Alaska, United States · 18 fatal

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  7. United Air Lines Flight 608

    24 Oct 1947 · Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah, United States · 52 fatal

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  8. Kvitbjørn disaster

    28 Aug 1947 · Lødingen, Hinnøya, Norway · 35 fatal

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  9. 1947 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash

    6 Aug 1947 · Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union · 4 fatal · not on the map

  10. 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident

    2 Aug 1947 · Mount Tupungato, Argentina · 11 fatal

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  11. 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident

    29 Jul 1947 · Ngoto, Bantul, Indonesia · 8 fatal

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  12. Pan Am Flight 121

    19 Jun 1947 · Syrian Desert, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Mayadin, Syria · 15 fatal

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  13. Crash of Gloster Meteor EE411 at Sülfeld, 16 June 1947

    16 Jun 1947 · Sülfeld, Segeberg district 53.48"30 N 10.13"31 E · 1 fatal

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  14. Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410

    13 Jun 1947 · Eight miles South of Charles Town, West Virginia · 50 fatal

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  15. Eastern Air Lines Flight 605

    30 May 1947 · 1.9 miles east of Bainbridge, Maryland · 53 fatal

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  16. United Air Lines Flight 521

    29 May 1947 · LaGuardia Airport, New York City, United States · 43 fatal

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  17. 1947 Héðinsfjörður plane crash

    29 May 1947 · Héðinsfjörður in northern Iceland · 25 fatal · not on the map

  18. Lili Marlene (aircraft)

    18 May 1947 · Mount Makaturing, Lanao · 17 fatal

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  19. C-47 crash in Khabarovsk

    16 May 1947 · Khabarovsk (RSFSR, USSR) · 22 fatal

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  20. Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3

    28 Apr 1947 · Near Mount Elsay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 15 fatal

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  21. 1947 Columbus mid-air collision

    22 Apr 1947 · Muscogee County Airport, Columbus, Georgia, U.S. · 9 fatal

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  22. Aeroflot Douglas DC-3 CCCP-L1204 accident

    22 Apr 1947 · Taymyr Peninsula, 180 km north of the village of Volochanka, Soviet Union · 9 fatal · not on the map

  23. C-47 crash on the Svaneti Range

    5 Mar 1947 · Lower Svaneti Range (Georgian SSR, USSR) · 23 fatal · not on the map

  24. 1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash

    15 Feb 1947 · Mount El Tablazo, near Bogotá, Colombia · 53 fatal

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  25. ČSA accident near Kladno

    13 Feb 1947 · near Kladno, today: Czech Republic · 3 fatal

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  26. 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash

    26 Jan 1947 · Kastrup, Denmark · 22 fatal

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  27. 1947 Croydon Dakota accident

    25 Jan 1947 · Croydon Airport · 12 fatal

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  28. Eastern Air Lines Flight 665

    12 Jan 1947 · Fries, Virginia, United States of America · 18 fatal

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  29. 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash

    11 Jan 1947 · Stowting, Kent, England · 8 fatal

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  30. CNAC Flight 121

    5 Jan 1947 · Langya Mountain, Taoyuan Village, Licun, Qingdao, Qingdao, China · 42 fatal · not on the map