1972

Date	Location / Operator	Aircraft Type / Registration	Fatalities
06 Jan 1972	Near Chetumal, Mexico SAESA	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-230 Srs. 2A XA-SEV	23/23(0)
07 Jan 1972	Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain Iberia Airlines	Sud-Aviation Caravelle VI-R EC-ATV	104/104(0)
21 Jan 1972	Near Funza, Colombia Lineas Aéreas la Urraca	Vickers Viscount 837 HK-1347	20/20(0)
21 Jan 1972	Near Betania, Colombia Miliitary - SATENA	Douglas C-47 FAC-661	39/39(0)
26 Jan 1972	Near Srbská Kamenice, Czech Republic JAT Yugoslav Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AHT	27/28(0)
01 Feb 1972	Near Tegal, Indonesia Royal Air Laos/PENAS	Douglas DC-6 XW-PEH	6/9(0)
04 Feb 1972	Pha Khao, Laos Air America	de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou 393	1/38(0)
05 Feb 1972	Near Valledupar, Colombia TAC Colombia	Fairchild F-27 HK-1139	19/19(0)
11 Feb 1972	Near Vientiane, Laos Royal Air Lao	Douglas DC-4 XW-TDE	23/23(0)
03 Mar 1972	Albany, New York Mohawk Airlines	Fairchild-Hiller FH-227-B N7818M	16/48(1)
14 Mar 1972	Near Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates Sterling Airways	Aerospatiale Caravelle Super 10B OY-STL	112/112(0)
19 Mar 1972	Shamsam Mountains, South Yemen Egyptair	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AHR	22/22(0)
12 Apr 1972	Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil VASP	NAMC YS-11A-211 PP-SMI	25/25(0)
16 Apr 1972	Near Ardinello di Amaseno, Italy Aero Transporti Italiani	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 I-ATIP	18/18(0)
17 Apr 1972	New York, New York Helaire Helicopter	Bell 47J-2 N8467E	3/3(0)
18 Apr 1972	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia East African Airways	BAC Super VC-10 1154 5X-UVA	43/107(0)
20 Apr 1972	Near Moyobamba, Peru SATCO	Douglas C-47D OB-R-653	6/6(0)
24 Apr 1972	Nyot Mo, Laos Air America	Pilatus PC6CH2 N391R	4/10(0)
04 May 1972	Bratsk, USSR Aeroflot	Yakovlev YAK-40 CCCP-87778	18/18(0)
05 May 1972	Near Carini, Sicily, Italy Alitalia	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 I-DIWB	115/115(0)
08 May 1972	Venezuela Aerotechnia	Douglas C-47B YV-C-GAI	7/7(0)
10 May 1972	Near Gia Dinh, South Vietnam Military - U.S. Army	Boeing Vertol CH47A (helicopter) ?	34/34(0)
16 May 1972	Svetlogorsk, Russia Military - Russian Navy	Antonov An-26 05	9/9(25)
18 May 1972	Near Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR Aeroflot	Antonov AN-10A CCCP-11215	122/122(0)
21 May 1972	Lobito, Angola DTA Angola Airlines	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 CR-LLD	22/25(0)
27 May 1972	Near Helgoland, Germany General Air	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter D-IDHC	8/13(0)
29 May 1972	Cruzeiro do Sul Acre, Brazil Amazonese Importacao e Exportacao	Lockheed 049 Constellation PP-PDG	9/18(0)
29 May 1972	Dulac, Louisiana Petrolium Helicopter	Bell 205A N2256W	11/11(0)
30 May 1972	Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Delta Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 N3305L	4/4(0)
05 Jun 1972	Near Pleiku, Vietnam Air America	Curtiss C-46A EM2	32/32(0)
13 Jun 1972	Santiago, Chile Aerolineas Flecha Austral	Curtiss C-46D CC-CDU	3/3(0)
13 Jun 1972	Near an Loc, South Vietnam Military - Vietnamese Air Force	Boeing Vertol CH-47 (helicopter) ?	47/47(0)
14 Jun 1972	Near New Delhi, India Japan Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 JA8012	82/87(4)
15 Jun 1972	Near Pleiku, South Vietnam Cathay Pacific Airways	Convair CV-880-22M-21 VR-HFZ	81/81(0)
18 Jun 1972	London Heathrow, Staines, Surrey, England British European Airways	Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPI	118/118(0)
24 Jun 1972	Ponce, Puerto Rico Prinair	de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2B N554PR	5/20(0)
29 Jun 1972	Appleton, Wisconsin North Central Airlines / Air Wisconsin	Convair CV-580/De Hav. Twin Otter 100 N90858/N4043B	13/13(0)
05 Jul 1972	San Francisco, California Pacific Southwest Airlines	Boeing 737-200 ?	3/86(0)
06 Jul 1972	Off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain Aviaco	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52 EC-ARA	10/10(0)
11 Jul 1972	Near Quang Tri, South Vietnam Military - U.S. Marine Corps	Sikorsky CH-53D (helicopter) 156658	52/67(0)
11 Jul 1972	Near Grytoya, Norway Military - Royal Norwegian Air Force	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 67-056	19/19(0)
20 Jul 1972	Corfu Island, Greece Charter	Sud-Aviation SE210 Caravelle ?	1/84(0)
29 Jul 1972	Villavicencio, Colombia AVIANCA / AVIANCA	Douglas DC-3 / Douglas DC-3 HK1341X/HK107	38/38(0)
12 Aug 1972	Near Delhi, India Indian Airlines	Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 VT-DME	18/18(0)
12 Aug 1972	Near Soc Trang, South Vietnam Military - U.S. Air Force	Lockheed C-130E 62-1853	30/44(0)
14 Aug 1972	Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany Interflug	Ilyushin IL-62 DM-SEA	156/156(0)
16 Aug 1972	Near Sandoway, Burma Burma Airways	Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-DK) XY-ACM	26/31(0)
27 Aug 1972	Canaima, Venezuela Lineas Areas Venezolanas	Douglas C-47-DL YV-C-AKE	34/34(0)
28 Aug 1972	Papua, New Guinea Military - Royal Australian Air Force	de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou A4-233	25/29(0)
31 Aug 1972	Near Magnitogorsk, Russia Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-18 CCCP-74298	102/102(0)
01 Sep 1972	Mt. Giluwe, Papua, New Guinea Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea	Shorts SC-7 Skyvan 3-300 VH-PNI	4/4(0)
07 Sep 1972	Trinidad, Bolivia Servicios Aereas Virgen de Copacabana	Curtiss C-46A-40-CU CP-959	1/8(0)
10 Sep 1972	Gondar, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 ET-ABQ	11/11(0)
13 Sep 1972	Near Dhulikhel, Nepal Military - Royal Nepalese Air Force	Douglas C-47 9N-RF10	31/31(0)
24 Sep 1972	Sacramento, California Private	F-86 Sabrejet N275X	0/1(22)
24 Sep 1972	Near Ben Cat, South Vietnam Air Vietnam (South Vietnam)	Douglas C-54D-1-DC XV-NUH	10/13(0)
01 Oct 1972	Near Adler, USSR Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-18B CCCP-75507	108/108(0)
02 Oct 1972	Kampot, Cambodia Cambodia Air	Douglas DC-3 XW-TDA	9/9(0)
13 Oct 1972	Near San Fernando, Chile Uruguayan Air Force - TAMU	Fairchild-Hiller FH-227D/LCD T-571	29/45(0)
13 Oct 1972	Near Moscow, USSR Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-62 CCCP-86671	174/174(0)
16 Oct 1972	Off the Alaska coast Private	Cessna 310C N1812H	4/4(0)
21 Oct 1972	Off Athens, Greece Olympic Airways	NAMC YS-11A-202 SX-BBQ	37/53(0)
23 Oct 1972	Tanna, Vanuatu Air Melanesie	Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander F-OCRH	1/8(0)
27 Oct 1972	Near Noiretable, Loire, France Air Inter	Vickers Viscount 724 F-BMCH	60/68(0)
30 Oct 1972	Poggiorsini, Italy Aero Transporti Italiani	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 I-ATIR	27/27(0)
31 Oct 1972	Near My Tho, South Vietnam Military - U.S. Army	Boeing Vertol CH-47 (helicopter) ?	22/22(0)
04 Nov 1972	Near Plovdiv, Bulgaria Balkan Bulgarian Airlines	Ilyushin IL-14P LZ-ILA	35/35(0)
17 Nov 1972	Elkton, Kentucky Metro Air Systems	Beech G18S N2700S	11/11(0)
28 Nov 1972	Near Moscow, Russia Japan Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 JA8040	62/76(0)
03 Dec 1972	Tenerife, Canary Islands Spantax	Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado EC-BZR	155/155(0)
08 Dec 1972	Near Rawalpindi, Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines	Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 AP-AUS	26/26(0)
08 Dec 1972	Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois United Air Lines	Boeing B-737-222 N9031U	43/61(2)
20 Dec 1972	Chicago, Illinois Delta Air Lines/ North Central Airlines	Convair CV-880 / McDonnell DC-9-31 N8897E/N954N	10/133(0)
21 Dec 1972	Off St. Maarten off, Netherlands Antilles Air Guadeloupe	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 F-OGFE	13/13(0)
23 Dec 1972	Skaugum, Norway Braathens	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 LN-SUY	40/45(0)
29 Dec 1972	Everglades National Park, Florida Eastern Air Lines	Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 N310EA	103/176(0)
31 Dec 1972	San Juan, Puerto Rico American Express Leasing	Douglas DC-7CF N500AE	5/5(0)