June Douglas C-47A HK-1078 of Taxi Aéreo El Venado ditched into a lake near Miraflores Airport in Colombia following an overshoot with an engine shut down. Two of the twelve people on board were killed. 24 June In the United States, Douglas DC-3 N18949 of Nathaniel Hawthorne College crashed shortly after take-off from Hawthorne-Feather Airpark, Deering, New Hampshire while on a ferry flight to Melbourne International Airport, Florida. The pilot, who was seriously injured in the crash, had attempted to take-off with insufficient airspeed for flight. 25 June Douglas C-47 FAC-1129 of SATENA was damaged beyond repair in an accident in Colombia. The aircraft was subsequently withdrawn from use and stored at La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio. 1 July In the United States, Douglas R4D N111ST of United Aircraft Services crashed shortly after take-off from Pilot Point Airport in Alaska while on a flight to Anchorage International Airport, following the failure of the port engine. All three people on board were killed. The aircraft was on a cargo flight laden with fish. 25 July In Colombia, Douglas C-53D HK-772 of Transamazonica crashed on approach to Caruru Airport, Caruru while trying to perform an emergency landing with the starboard engine shut down. Four of the nine people on board were killed. 1 August Douglas C-47B F-BJHC of Hemet Exploration was shot down by a surface-to-air missile near Beira, Mozambique when it was mistaken for a hostile aircraft whilst following instructions from air traffic control. All six people on board were killed. The Mozambique authorities initially tried to cover up the mistake, merely posting the aircraft as "missing". It was admitted later that the aircraft had been shot down. 7 August In Chile, Douglas C-47B CC-CBW of Aerolíneas Cordillera crashed near Teniente Vidal Airport, Coyhaique. 27 August Douglas C-47B ET-AGX of the United Nations Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission was written off at Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport in Ethiopia when the port undercarriage collapsed on landing. 7 October In Ethiopia, Douglas C-47A ET-AHR of Ethiopian Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair at Combolcha Airport, Dessie when the undercarriage collapsed on landing. The aircraft was completely destroyed two months later, when a Mil Mi-24 helicopter crashed into it. 1981 (unknown date) Early in the year, Douglas C-47B 5N-ARA of Arax Airlines was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Lagos Airport in Nigeria and was subsequently reduced to spares. 1982 21 January