page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1972
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1972 / December
caption_attribution_description: A Philippine Air Force Douglas C-47A-75-DL Skytrain (USAF s/n 42-100925, c/n 19388) in Korea. This aircraft was stored at Norton Air Force Base, California (USA), on 14 February 1951, and later sold to the Philippines.
context_page_description: This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 that occurred in 1972, 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.
context_section_description: On 1 December, Douglas C-47A CF-TQW of Reindeer Air Service crashed into a mountain west of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight which had departed from Norman Wells Airport. Both crew were killed.
   On 6 December, Douglas C-47B CF-AUQ of Superior Airways crashed 11.9 miles (19 km) south of Lake Randall, Quebec. All three people on board survived.
   On 26 December, a Douglas C-47 of the Philippine Air Force was reported to have been damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Tonquil Island.
caption: Philippine Air Force C-47A
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