This rare aircraft was originally delivered to CLS as OK-AIC in 1936. Germans took it over during occupation and it was officially sold to Aero by CSL in 1941. It was first registered OH-DLB and named "Sisu" (Guts), but it was later re-registered as OH-LDB. Wfu in 1948 and sold to FAF in 1949 as DO-3 and named "Pikku-Lassi" (Little-Lassi). Crashed at Helsinki-Malmi on 07/02/51 due to an engine failure on take-off. Fuselage was taken to island Löparö and used as a childern´s playhouse!
On February 4, 2009, about 0852 Pacific standard time, a Douglas DC-3/65AR, N834TP, collided with terrain during takeoff at Mojave, California. The National Test Pilot School was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and the student pilot were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings from impact forces. The local instructional flight was departing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
