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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1971 : 1 | 1972 : 1 | 1973 : 2 | 1974 : 1 | 1975 : 2 | 1978 : 2 | 1980 : 2 | 1981 : 3 | 1982 : 3 | 1983 : 2 | 1984 : 3 | 1986 : 2 | 1987 : 3 | 1988 : 1 | 1989 : 2 |
| 1990 : 2 | 1991 : 1 | 1992 : 2 | 1993 : 1 | 1994 : 3 | 1995 : 3 | 1996 : 1 | 1998 : 1 | 1999 : 2 | 2000 : 1 | 2001 : 1 | 2002 : 2 | 2004 : 1 | 2005 : 1 | 2007 : 1 |
| 2008 : 1 | 2009 : 1 | 2018 : 1 |
A total of 56 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 71 | Harvard T-6 | Flt Lt Chuhar Singh Kanwar + Flt Cdt A D Mandke + |  | AFA | ||
| 13 Sep 72 | Harvard T-6 | Flt Lt Ram Dayal Bishnoi + Flt Lt Arjun Dev Arora + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 08 Aug 73 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Venkatachalam Dhanushkodi + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 03 Nov 73 | Harvard T-6 | IT-313 | Flt Cdt Mrinal Kanti Devnath | AFA | Cr L petalam village Medak | |
| 05 Sep 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Nitin Madhukar Gupte Flt Cdt Arup Raha |   | AFA | By Arup Raha. A circle marks out September 5 for | |
| 10 Oct 75 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt P Gopakumar Nair + | AFA | Date given as 9/10 in In Memoriam | ||
| 01 Nov 75 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt G V Sarathi + Flt Lt Anil Kumar Oberoi + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 21 Mar 78 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt Naresh Kumar Ahuja + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 07 Apr 78 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt Anjan Kumar Sen + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 06 Mar 80 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sqn Ldr Ashok Kumar Dasgupta Flt Cdt A K Singh | AFA | Martin Baker List | ||
| 19 Mar 80 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt A Mohan + | AFA | MEDAK Papanapet | ||
| 04 Mar 81 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt Cdr Siva Kumar Natarajan + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 15 Mar 81 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt G M Dua | AFA | Martin Baker List | ||
| 01 Oct 81 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt A Singh | AFA | Martin Baker List Cdt A Singh | ||
| 24 Feb 82 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt A Gupta + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 28 Jul 82 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt Chuducattil Koshy Varkey John + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 04 Aug 82 | Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Martin Baker List | |||
| 30 Mar 83 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-848 | Flt Cdt Dharwarkar | AFA | Cr Mylavaram Krishna Dist on a solo NAV flight | |
| 09 Oct 83 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Abhay Kumar + Flt Cdt K M Nair + | AFA | Mambapur vill MEDAK Flt Cdt K.M.Nair* Check Date i | ||
| 21 Feb 84 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Raju Stephen Flt Cdt Shankar Krishnamurthy |  | AFA | The main finding was that the aircraft had failed | |
| 21 Mar 84 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt Vinod Sivaraman | AFA | Martin Baker List From Dundigal | ||
| 12 Oct 84 | Kiran HJT-16 | Avn Cdt A Tiwari + | AFA | INavy | ||
| 27 Mar 86 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt V S Mehta + | AFA | Cr after TO fm Dundigal | ||
| 22 Aug 86 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Vijaykumar Santoshkumar Sikdar + Flt Cdt K Srinivasa Rao | AFA | Flt Cdt K Srinivasa Rao Ejected Cr Bijleepore Vill | ||
| 02 Sep 87 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sqn Ldr Dhiraj Kumar Purkayastha + Flt Lt Sameer Kalyan Kurane + | AFA | Cr Turkalkhanpur Sreddy Dist F/L Khurana k | ||
| 08 Sep 87 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt S Tyagi + | AFA | Cr Narsapur on second solo flt | ||
| 01 Nov 87 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sqn Ldr Amar Jeet Singh Sandhu Flt Cdt V Saxena | AFA | Martin Baker List Flt Cdt V Saxena Eng Flame out | ||
| 27 Sep 88 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt V S N Murthy | AFA | Narsapore Pt BO Martin Baker List | ||
| 10 May 89 | Unidentified T | | AFA | Cr Masaipet Village Medak Dist | ||
| 16 Nov 89 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sub Lt Rajendra Vinayak Rao Kunte + | AFA | Medak dist | ||
| 06 Nov 90 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sub Lt S Surinder + | AFA | Dundigal AFA Jinnaram Forests | ||
| 01 Dec 90 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt Gurpreet Singh | AFA | Cr 5 km fm Narsapur | ||
| 28 Mar 91 | Deepak HPT-32 | Sqn Ldr Nihal Singh + Flt Cdt J S Rana + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 05 Jan 92 | Deepak HPT-32 | Flt Cdt M Sabharwal | AFA | BO after engine oil leak near Dundigal AFA | ||
| 11 Sep 92 | Kiran HJT-16 | | AFA | Bidar AFS Cr Nizamabad Dist | ||
| 02 May 93 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt U B Umrani + | AFA | Bidar Cr at narayankhed killed. | ||
| 25 Feb 94 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-752 | | AFA | Nosegear Collapse during Ldg at AFA acwo | |
| 19 Apr 94 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt P R Shendge + | AFA | Bird hit after pull out over Banswada range Bidar. | ||
| 29 Oct 94 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt A Dixit | AFA | Martin Baker List | ||
| 07 May 95 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt A Nandy + Sqn Ldr Vinod G Koshy + |  | AFA | Cr after TO from Kalaikunda 1k 1Ej | |
| 17 Aug 95 | Deepak HPT-32 | Flt Cdt R S Prabhu + | AFA | Cr after disorientation killing pilot | ||
| 22 Sep 95 | Deepak HPT-32 | Sub Lt Diku Gogoi + | AFA | In Memoriam | ||
| 04 Nov 96 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-857 | AFA | got lost - ejected. | ||
| 23 May 98 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sqn Ldr Ranadeep Chakarvarty + | AFA | Cr near Bidar MoD statement in LS | ||
| 10 May 99 | Deepak HPT-32 | Flt Cdt V B Deshmukh + | AFA | Cr Reddykhanpur vill, Medak Dist. From Dundigal | ||
| 01 Oct 99 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Cdt S Agnihotri | AFA | Bidar AFS Cr Ekalara Tanda Village | ||
| 23 May 00 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-837 | Sqn Ldr S Nema | AFA | Cr Nittor Vill, TO Bidar AFS Both Pts BO | |
| 08 May 01 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-778 | Flt Cdt Shishir Sukant | AFA | Cr Daramanga Vill, RR Dist Pilot Baled out | |
| 25 Feb 02 | Deepak HPT-32 | Flt Lt Vineet Bhardwaj + Sqn Ldr D K Suresh + |  | AFA | Cr Dacharam Village Dundigal | |
| 21 Nov 02 | Deepak HPT-32 | X-3254 | Flt Lt K S Reddy Flt Cdt Srivastava | AFA | Flt Cdt Srivastava BO Valvali vill nr Dundigal |
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