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| 1974 : 2 | 1976 : 1 | 1979 : 1 | 1980 : 1 | 1981 : 1 | 1984 : 1 | 1985 : 2 | 1987 : 2 | 1988 : 2 | 1989 : 2 | 1990 : 2 | 1992 : 2 | 1993 : 1 | 1994 : 2 | 1997 : 2 |
| 1998 : 2 | 1999 : 1 | 2000 : 6 | 2002 : 2 | 2003 : 1 | 2004 : 3 | 2005 : 2 | 2006 : 1 | 2007 : 2 | 2008 : 2 | 2010 : 2 | 2011 : 1 | 2012 : 1 | 2014 : 1 | 2015 : 1 |
| 2016 : 2 | 2017 : 1 | 2018 : 1 | 2019 : 1 | 2021 : 1 | 2022 : 2 |
A total of 60 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Apr 74 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Jagga Singh + Capt Khurana | ARMY - 18 | In Memoriam | ||
| 20 Oct 74 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj C S Krishnan VrC + Capt B J S Oberoi | ARMY - 2 A | Helicopter cr due to water in fuel | ||
| 03 Jan 76 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt Harinder Pal Singh Jaggi + Capt Jagan Nath Chandna | ARMY - 18 | In Memoriam | ||
| 22 Feb 79 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt Anil Kumar Gauba + Capt Lalit Bhatia | ARMY - 2 A | In Memoriam | ||
| 14 Aug 80 | Cheetah SA-315 | Major Surjeet Singh Rekhi Capt B P Chacko | ARMY - 2 A | Cr Poonch 4 Cr K | ||
| 20 Feb 81 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1882 | Capt Jisbir Singh Capt Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu | ARMY - 7 A | At Patiala Flying Club - 4k | |
| 19 Apr 84 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Malkiat Singh Bains Flt Lt Bajwa | Cr L 600m S of Bilafond La | |||
| 31 Mar 85 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Ajjampur Chandrashakher + Sqn Ldr Sonam Wangdi + | 142 SSS Fl | Cr Eastern Sector 2 Killed | ||
| 30 Jun 85 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1906 | | 114 HU | DNE. Bhim Helipad at 17650 ft. Hit snow short of p | |
| 17 Jun 87 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Indrjitsinh Dansinh Gohil + Fg Offr Praveen Sharma + | 131 FAC Fl | Cr in R Chenab 160 km fm jammu | ||
| 30 Oct 87 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj V Seetharaman + | ARMY - 662 | Capt GK Dhani also killed , Siachen Glacier | ||
| 25 Feb 88 | Cheetah SA-315 | | Cr at Siachen just short of Helipad, | |||
| 10 May 88 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt D S Sarao Maj J S Labana | ARMY - 663 | Cr at Sonam Helipad - 1 k - exceeded AUW | ||
| 01 Jan 89 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Harindu Kumar Bajaj + | Cr Banhilal Pass 3 K Not in In Memoriam | |||
| 26 Feb 89 | Cheetah SA-315 | Wg Cdr Chekuri Mohan Rao + | 117 HU | Cr Baralachla Pass - victims evac by 132FAC | ||
| 14 Jul 90 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Rajesh Chaturvedi + | ARMY - 662 | 5 Killed Rajauri incl 1 Maj Gen | ||
| 26 Nov 90 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1442 | Fg Offr Madan J Ghatge + Fg Offr Vivek Naresh + | 114 HU | Leh-Margo-Leh sortie. Crashed with ITBP pers near | |
| 24 Feb 92 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1941 | Flt Lt Harinder Singh Reen | 114 HU | Caught in downdraught at Amar Helipad. Hit edge an | |
| 30 Jun 92 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-3151 | Wg Cdr Dilip Dinkar Mandpe Air Cmde Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon |  | 114 HU | DNE. |
| 20 Jul 93 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1876 | Fg Offr Mahendra N Dalvi Fg Offr Neelkanth R Hiremath | 114 HU | Cr due downdraught during finals at Amar Helipad | |
| 27 Jul 94 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1912 | | 114 HU | cr Khardungla. Power Settling, over loading. Write | |
| 21 Sep 94 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj J P Singh + | ARMY - 659 | cr in N Sikkim 4 Killed incl 1 Maj Gen | ||
| 02 Jul 97 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Rajeev Juyal + Flt Lt Vipin Kumar Agarwal + |   | 114 HU | Spacial Disorientation Siachen Glacier | |
| 14 Nov 97 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj P K Aggarwal + | ARMY | 4 k HC cr Tawang, DM and GOC 4 Div | ||
| 14 Aug 98 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1441 | Fg Offr Nitin Anil Welde |  | 114 HU | engine failure at an altitude of 17800 ft. helico |
| 19 Oct 98 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt G D Singh + | ARMY | Maj Shankaran too k in Army crash at Simla | ||
| 04 Aug 99 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Farhat Samiullah Siddiqui + Flt Lt Sanjay Kumar Pandey + | 117 HU | Cr in Himachal while on a rescue mission 2 K | ||
| 17 May 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | Wg Cdr Chandra Singh + |  | 117 HU | Cr Barachla Pass, Lahaul Spiti | |
| 17 May 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Amit Goel + | Cr Suraj Tal, HP | |||
| 12 Jun 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | | ARMY | Cr Watlab, Maj Gen J S Mukherjee, Brig + 2 unhurt | ||
| 02 Jul 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Sameer Riaz Kagdi + Flt Lt Siddharth Puranik + |  | 114 HU | Cr Ladakh, 2 K incl 1 ITBP offr, | |
| 27 Sep 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | | Kwang Village Lahaul Spiti 3 injured | |||
| 03 Oct 00 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt V Krishnamurthy + | 114 HU | Crashed Siachen Glacier | ||
| 24 Jan 02 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj A P S Mohal + | ARMY | Capt Pramod Lal Killed. Leh Area | ||
| 16 Aug 02 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Sanjay Bharadwaj + Flt Lt Maheesh Trikha + |  | 114 HU | Cr Siachen - Flt Lt A M Trikha killed | |
| 24 Jan 03 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj K T Krishna | ARMY | Cr Samastapura Vill 20km Baroda. Lt Col , Maj safe | ||
| 22 Apr 04 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Atul Tripathi + Flt Lt R K Sharma + |  | 132 Sqn | Cr 40k fm Uri F/L R K Sharma Injured | |
| 29 Oct 04 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt Arjun Sadanah + | ARMY - 29 | Cr 7km from Mannapass, Uttaranchal. 1 MG,1 LTC k | ||
| 30 Dec 04 | Cheetah SA-315 | Fg Offr Bharadwaj | 142 SSS Fl | TO Hashimara Cr Damdim Tea Estate | ||
| 18 Feb 05 | Cheetah SA-315 | | ARMY | Siachen | ||
| 19 Oct 05 | Cheetah SA-315 | | No details | |||
| 29 Sep 06 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Rohit Yadav | ARMY - AAC | Cr near Gandhinagar near Nasik 3k | ||
| 11 Apr 07 | Cheetah SA-315 | Sqn Ldr Shantanu Basu + Flt Lt Amit Sharma + |   | 114 HU | overshoot landing pad and cr into ravine. The heli | |
| 24 May 07 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-3322 | Lt Col Praveen D'Cunha + Maj Puneet Karol + | ARMY - 661 | Maj Puneet Karol k - wirestrike at Kinnaur HP | |
| 15 Aug 08 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1894 | Maj Sunil Ganapathy + Maj K E Padmanabhan + | ARMY | airborne at 13.20 hours on 15.08.2008 for the oper | |
| 25 Nov 08 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt Sachin Bhatia + Maj K D Singh | ARMY | Cr in River Ramganga near Barielly, Co-Pilot Maj K | ||
| 18 Aug 10 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Nikhil Prakash + Maj Rakesh Sharma + | ARMY | Five km from Vishwema helipad, along the Nagaland- | ||
| 08 Nov 10 | Cheetah SA-315 | Flt Lt Parikshit Hastekar | 114 HU | Cr Saltaro Ridge, Siachen Glacier. Flt Lt Hastekar | ||
| 02 Feb 11 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Atul Garg + Maj Bhanu Chander + | ARMY - AAC | Crashed in the Jai Bhavani Nagar area, Nasik 2 k | ||
| 23 May 12 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Chandrasekar Singh + Maj Amit Mohindra | ARMY | Crashed on the Siachen glacier after delivering su |
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