Plane crashes in 1972

375 crashes worldwide in 1972, with 3,354 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 375
Fatal crashes: 231
Fatalities: 3,354
First recorded: January 5, 1972
Most recent: December 31, 1972

All crashes (page 3 of 4)

July 11, 1972: Antonov AN-2, Okha Sakhalin oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
July 10, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tabuk Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
July 8, 1972: Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, Chetwynd British Columbia, Canada (6 fatalities)
July 8, 1972: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Andersen AFB, Guam Island (1 fatality)
July 7, 1972: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Wales Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1972: Douglas DC-3, Kompong Som Kampong Thom, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Las Palmas-Gando (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, Spain (10 fatalities)
July 3, 1972: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Pataskala Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
July 2, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kulusuk Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
June 30, 1972: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Hao Island Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia (6 fatalities)
June 29, 1972: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Appleton Wisconsin, United States (8 fatalities)
June 29, 1972: MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet, Blackpool Lancashire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
June 29, 1972: Convair CV-580, Appleton Wisconsin, United States (5 fatalities)
June 29, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Astrakhanka Akmola, Kazakhstan (1 fatality)
June 28, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kyzylorda Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Shiringa Republic of Buryatia, Russia (4 fatalities)
June 26, 1972: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Irish Sea, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1972: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Ponce, Puerto Rico (5 fatalities)
June 24, 1972: Beechcraft D18, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada (9 fatalities)
June 22, 1972: Beechcraft E18, Cleveland-Hopkins Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
June 21, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 690, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
June 18, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Shau Valley Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam (12 fatalities)
June 18, 1972: Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (118 fatalities)
June 16, 1972: Ilyushin II-62, Cairo-Almaza Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1972: Convair CV-880, Pleiku Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (81 fatalities)
June 15, 1972: Britten-Norman Islander, Tete Tete, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Rechka Novgorod oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
June 14, 1972: Douglas DC-8, New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (86 fatalities)
June 13, 1972: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Santiago de Chile Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (3 fatalities)
June 13, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Compostela Nayarit, Mexico (4 fatalities)
June 10, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Greenwood-Leflore Mississippi, United States (0 fatalities)
June 10, 1972: Beechcraft D18, Nashville Tennessee, United States (1 fatality)
June 10, 1972: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Jenpeg Manitoba, Canada (1 fatality)
June 5, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Dye 3 Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland (1 fatality)
June 5, 1972: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Pleiku Gia Lai Province, Vietnam (32 fatalities)
June 5, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Magong AFB Penghu County, Taiwan (6 fatalities)
June 3, 1972: Beechcraft E18, Winfield Kansas, United States (2 fatalities)
June 3, 1972: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Jebel Musa Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (14 fatalities)
June 2, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Safford Arizona, United States (2 fatalities)
June 2, 1972: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Cochrane Wisconsin, United States (1 fatality)
June 2, 1972: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Semarang-Ahmad Yani Central Java, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
May 30, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Fort Worth-Greater Southwest (Amon Carter Field) Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
May 30, 1972: Cessna 402, Mt Kumaneshiriyama Hokkaidō, Japan (10 fatalities)
May 29, 1972: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Cruzeiro do Sul Acre, Brazil (9 fatalities)
May 29, 1972: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Gilgal Chocó, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 27, 1972: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Helgoland-Düne Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (8 fatalities)
May 26, 1972: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Pacific Ocean, World (8 fatalities)
May 26, 1972: Antonov AN-12, Panevėžys-Pajuostis AFB Apskritis of Panevėžys, Lithuania (6 fatalities)
May 23, 1972: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Hammell Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1972: Fokker F27 Friendship, Lobito Benguela, Angola (22 fatalities)
May 20, 1972: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Paola Kansas, United States (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1972: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Albuquerque-Sunport New Mexico, United States (9 fatalities)
May 18, 1972: Douglas DC-9, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1972: Antonov AN-10, Rus'ka Lozova Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine (122 fatalities)
May 17, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kon Tum Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
May 16, 1972: Antonov AN-24, Svetlogorsk Kaliningrad oblast, Russia (35 fatalities)
May 15, 1972: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Merritt Island Florida, United States (1 fatality)
May 13, 1972: Beechcraft 18, Van Nuys California, United States (3 fatalities)
May 12, 1972: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Okeechobee Florida, United States (8 fatalities)
May 12, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kirensk Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 10, 1972: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Eglin AFB (Valparaiso) Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 10, 1972: Fokker F27 Friendship, El Obeid North Kurdufan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
May 9, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 520, Burnsville North Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
May 8, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Devyaternya Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (2 fatalities)
May 8, 1972: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Griffiss AFB (Rome) New York, United States (0 fatalities)
May 8, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cuchivero Bolívar, Venezuela (6 fatalities)
May 7, 1972: Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald, Valledupar Cesar, Colombia (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1972: Douglas DC-8, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (115 fatalities)
May 5, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Poltava Poltava oblast, Ukraine (2 fatalities)
May 4, 1972: Yakovlev Yak-40, Bratsk Irkutsk oblast, Russia (18 fatalities)
May 3, 1972: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Paramaribo Paramaribo City District, Suriname (11 fatalities)
May 3, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, An Lộc Bình Phước Province, Vietnam (6 fatalities)
May 2, 1972: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, An Lộc Bình Phước Province, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
May 1, 1972: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Racine Wisconsin, United States (5 fatalities)
April 25, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, An Lộc Bình Phước Province, Vietnam (6 fatalities)
April 24, 1972: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Nyot Mo Louangphabang Province, Laos (4 fatalities)
April 24, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Glinoye Edineț, Moldova (4 fatalities)
April 22, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Atlanta-William Berry Hartsfield Georgia, United States (5 fatalities)
April 22, 1972: Curtiss C-46 Commando, El Desengaño Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
April 21, 1972: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, San Diego-Lindbergh Field California, United States (2 fatalities)
April 20, 1972: Beechcraft C18S, Blackfoot-McCarley Field Idaho, United States (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Moyobamba San Martín, Peru (6 fatalities)
April 20, 1972: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Rock Sound South Eleuthera, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
April 19, 1972: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Deadhorse Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1972: Vickers VC-10, Addis Ababa-Bole Addis Ababa City District, Ethiopia (43 fatalities)
April 18, 1972: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lai Khê Hải Dương Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
April 17, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Arzamas Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
April 16, 1972: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Atlantic City New Jersey, United States (3 fatalities)
April 16, 1972: Fokker F27 Friendship, Frosinone Lazio, Italy (18 fatalities)
April 14, 1972: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, La Crosse Wisconsin, United States (1 fatality)
April 13, 1972: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Humaitá Amazonas, Brazil (2 fatalities)
April 12, 1972: NAMC YS-11, Petropólis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (25 fatalities)
April 11, 1972: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Madang Madang, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
April 11, 1972: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Yukagir Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (1 fatality)
April 10, 1972: Douglas DC-6, Ponta Pelada AFB, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
April 9, 1972: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Camp San Luis Obispo (Cuesta College) California, United States (2 fatalities)
April 8, 1972: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Noxon Montana, United States (2 fatalities)
April 8, 1972: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1, Siena Tuscany, Italy (4 fatalities)
April 8, 1972: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ban Xieng Lom Louangphabang Province, Laos (1 fatality)
April 7, 1972: Avro 696 Shackleton, Lossiemouth AFB Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)