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Douglas DC-7 Statistics
 

Hull-losses: 74
Hull-loss accidents: 55 with a total of 717 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings): 7 with a total of 9 fatalities
Hijackings: 1 with a total of 0 fatalities
Survival rate: 20.5% of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Aircraft losses
Cumulative number of aircraft damaged beyond repair per year.
Accidents by flight operation type
Flight operation type breakdown for 56 hull-loss accidents.

23 Passenger flights
1 Military flights
15 Cargo flights
1 Special flights (Crop spraying, survey etc.)
7 Test/training flights
1 Business and private flights
1 Fire fighting flights
7 Rest (demo, ferry, illegal) flights

Worst accidents

date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
04-MAR-1962Douglas DC-7C G-ARUD Caledonian Airways, lsf Sabena 111 near Douala Airport (...   A1
03-JUN-1963Douglas DC-7CF N290 Northwest Orient Airlines 101 near Annette Island, ... A1

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