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| 1974 : 22 |
A total of 22 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 74 | HF-24 Marut | Flt Lt Kamal Raj Singh |  | 220 Sqn | DNE. Practice interdiction sortie in the local fly | |
| 03 Jan 74 | Vampire | Flt Cdt Vijay Keshav Gadre + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 07 Jan 74 | Antonov An-12 | BL-740 | Flt Lt Baldev Singh | 44 Sqn | Swung on TO due to single Eng Failure. Hit a culve | |
| 18 Mar 74 | MiG-21 U | U-459 | Sqn Ldr Vinod Kumar Verma Sqn Ldr Janak Pratap Singh |   | TACDE | Possibly Repaired FL after engine flameout on takeoff.. Ac possibly |
| 07 Apr 74 | Cheetah SA-315 | Maj Jagga Singh + Capt Khurana | ARMY - 18 | In Memoriam | ||
| 13 Apr 74 | Canberra | Sqn Ldr Ghanshyam Das Sood + Flt Lt Prakash Narain Mishra + |  | 35 Sqn | In Memoriam | |
| 26 Apr 74 | Dakota C-47 | HJ-254 | | |||
| 01 Jun 74 | MiG-21 MF | Fg Offr Anil Thapar | 7 Sqn | Ejected after Flameout at Chandigarh, DNE | ||
| 01 Jun 74 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Vijay Singh | FTW | DNE. Mk52 suffered a flame out soon after take off | ||
| 03 Jun 74 | MiG-21 FL | Fg Offr Krishna Kumar Pandalal + | 1 Sqn | In Memoriam | ||
| 01 Jul 74 | Harvard T-6 | Flt Cdt Khurade | AFA | DNE. Unauthorised LL flying over lake. A/c nudged | ||
| 30 Jul 74 | MiG-21 FL | Flt Lt Ramaswamy Rajendran + | 7 Sqn | In Memoriam | ||
| 20 Aug 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt Cdr T H Chowfin Sub Lt Y Chaudhari | NAVY | Martin Baker List Sub Lt Y Chaudhari | ||
| 01 Sep 74 | Mil Mi-8 | Flt Lt Nand Lal Verma Fg Offr Fali Homi Major |  | DNE First Mi-8 accident a high altitude. Heli roto | ||
| 05 Sep 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Nitin Madhukar Gupte Flt Cdt Arup Raha |   | AFA | Engine flamed out on downwind and both ejected saf | |
| 07 Sep 74 | Dakota C-47 | BJ-920 | Flt Lt Vijendra Rao + Flt Lt Bhupendra Madholal Parikh + | 43 Sqn | ||
| 24 Sep 74 | HF-24 Marut | D-1239 | Sqn Ldr Rama Pati Sharma + | 220 Sqn | Jodhpur. Engine fire - tried to land instead of ej | |
| 28 Sep 74 | Hunter F56a | Flt Lt Harjeet Singh Kahlon + | 27 Sqn | hit a sand dune during a low level sortie in an Ar | ||
| 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 | ||
| 28 Oct 74 | HF-24 Marut | Fg Offr Udoy Narayan Ganguly |  | Martin Baker List - Went into a flat spin | ||
| 17 Dec 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt S Singh | NAVY | Martin Baker List | ||
| 31 Dec 74 | Sea Hawk | | NAVY - INA | Ejected off Kawar - rescued from sea by Lt Cdr San |
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