This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 that occurred in 1968, 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.
January
February
March
April
June
- 8 June: Douglas C-53 N74139 of Aerodyne Engineering Corporation crashed at Isla del Frontón Airport whilst attempting a go-around. The aircraft was operating an executive flight, all ten on board survived.
August
September
- 26 September: Douglas C-47A N64423 of the Ford Motor Company crashed at Teterboro, New Jersey. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight and the cause of the accident was the cargo shifting in flight. Both occupants survived.
October
- 20 October: Douglas C-47A PP-SAD of Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul crashed near Feijó Airport, Feijó, Acre whilst attempting to return to the airport. All nineteen people on board were killed.
- 20 October: Douglas C-47D 45-0394 of the United States Air Force crashed south of Ban Me Thuot, killing all 23 people on board. The aircraft was operating a military flight from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon to Da Nang Air Base, Da Nang when the starboard engine failed and the propeller would not feather. At attempt was made to divert to Phung-Duc Airport but the aircraft crashed into terrain in poor weather.
- 25 October: Douglas C-47A PH-DAA of KLM Aerocarto flew into Tafelberg following an engine failure whilst on a survey flight. The aircraft collided with the mountain in cloud, killing three of the five people on board.
- 25 October: Douglas EC-47Q 42-24304 of the United States Air Force crashed on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington, United States to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska as part of a ferry flight from the United States to Vietnam. The starboard engine failed and an attempt was made to divert to Annette Island Coast Guard Station but the port engine also failed. Attempts to restart either engine were unsuccessful and a belly landing was made on a salt marsh. All four crew survived. As of 2009, the aircraft was still where it came to rest.
December
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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.