De Havilland DHC-2 accidents

The NTSB database holds 265 accidents and incidents involving the De Havilland DHC-2, recorded between 1963 to 2026. 58 of them were fatal (22%), and 207 people died.

The deadliest year was 1978, with 13 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (24 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and France.

96 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

265

Records

Fatal

207

Deaths

22%

Share fatal

1963 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 169 of 265 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 9

1970s 52

1980s 56

1990s 50

2000s 52

2010s 32

2020s 14

Where these happened

United States 253 Canada 7 France 1 Mexico 1 Iceland 1 Unknown/Not Reported 1

Operators involved

Tyee Airlines 4 Rust's Flying Service, Inc. 4 Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc. 3 ERA Helicopter 2 Ketchikan Air Service 2 Pacific Airways 2

All 265 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Dec 1972	De Havilland DHC-2 N53011	Sagwon, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
24 Jul 1972	De Havilland DHC-2 N4747S	Juneau, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Southeast Skyw	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1972	De Havilland DHC-2 N5160G	W.lebanon, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 1971	De Havilland DHC-2 N1444T	Chicken, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea Airmotive	No injuries	-
6 Jul 1971	De Havilland DHC-2 N2848D	Hurricane, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Harbor Air SER	Minor injuries	-
21 Mar 1971	De Havilland DHC-2 NCF-ZYE	Ludington, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Air-Dale Ltd	No injuries	-
2 May 1970	De Havilland DHC-2 N9631	Barter Isle, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	Serious injuries	-
13 Apr 1970	De Havilland DHC-2 N7620	Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1970	De Havilland DHC-2 N11255	Ely, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Wilderness WIN	No injuries	-
10 Nov 1969	De Havilland DHC-2 N4478	Barrow, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Interior Air T	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1968	De Havilland DHC-2 N1805R	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea Airmotive	No injuries	-
30 Nov 1968	De Havilland DHC-2 N17597	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Simpson Air SE	No injuries	-
15 Nov 1965	De Havilland DHC-2 N3791G	Articvillage Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1964	De Havilland DHC-2 N1416Z	Umiat Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Apr 1963	De Havilland DHC-2 N3791G	Savoonga, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-