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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1996 : 25 |
A total of 25 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Feb 96 | Sea Harrier | IN-620 | Lt Arun Poonia + | NAVY - INA | From Goa - missing during nightflying over sea. | |
| 09 Feb 96 | MiG-27 M | Fg Offr Azhar Zakarya + | 18 Sqn | Cr Bird Hit Bikaner Area | ||
| 11 Feb 96 | MiG-21 | Fg Offr Gaurav Saxena + | 101 Sqn | Cr 910km from Bikaner Pt K. Dt could be 12-2-96 | ||
| 12 Feb 96 | MiG-21 M | Gp Capt Vinod Kumar Verma |  | 17 Sqn | Stn Cdr 34 Wg Bhatinda. he ejected from a Mig - 21 | |
| 16 Feb 96 | Jaguar IS | JS-167 | Flt Lt Navneet Raina | 16 Sqn | Flight test after an engine mod. Crashed 10 mins a | |
| 13 Mar 96 | MiG-21 | | From Adampur, Cr nr Jalandhar Pt BO | |||
| 28 Mar 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr at Ozhar due to faulty fuel tank | |||
| 04 Apr 96 | MiG-21 FL | Wg Cdr Nuthalapati Koteswara Rao + |  | MOFTU | Tejpur during landing phase. | |
| 30 May 96 | MiG-27 M | Fg Offr Simon Kachari + | 222 Sqn | 4-5 Km Inside bhutan | ||
| 01 Jun 96 | MiG-21 Bis | Flt Lt Alok Chauhan | 32 Sqn | DNE. bird hit immediately after take off leading t | ||
| 04 Jun 96 | MiG-23 | | Cr Outskirts of Jodhpur Pt Ejected | |||
| 09 Jul 96 | Unidentified UI | | RS: 267/10 NM from Nal A/F | |||
| 17 Jul 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr near Salempur Pt Ejected Engine Failure | |||
| 08 Aug 96 | MiG-27 M | Flt Lt Badrinath Dharwar + | 9 Sqn | Over SK Range | ||
| 12 Aug 96 | Unidentified UI | | RS: 250/18 Kms from Halwara | |||
| 12 Aug 96 | Unidentified UI | | RS: 10 Kms Sourth of Siyani | |||
| 28 Aug 96 | Mil Mi-17 | Flt Lt Sandeep Jain + Flt Lt Vaibhav Prahlhad Bhagwat + |   | 130 HU | Cr in Siachen Pakfire 6killed. Dt as 26-8 in IM | |
| 24 Sep 96 | Unidentified UI | | RS: Tezpur LFA | |||
| 07 Oct 96 | MiG-21 Bis | Wg Cdr Ranbir Singh | Cr 3km from Zikrapur Punjab. Ejected on short fina | |||
| 17 Oct 96 | MiG-21 | | Cr Noriati Sonitpur Pt Ejected | |||
| 30 Oct 96 | Unidentified UI | | RS: 110/12 Kms from Bareilly | |||
| 04 Nov 96 | Kiran HJT-16 | U-857 | | AFA | Guided to eject after she got lost returning from | |
| 04 Nov 96 | Deepak HPT-32 | Maj Ramesh Kumar + | BFTS | In Memoriam | ||
| 16 Nov 96 | Deepak HPT-32 | Sqn Ldr Guru Pratap Malik Sqn Ldr Vadlamani Ramchand | HAL | Controls jammed and ac went into dive. Pilots bale | ||
| 24 Dec 96 | HS-748 | H-1032 | Sqn Ldr K S Kumara Krishnan + Fg Offr Harita Kaur Deol + |   | NSS | Dubagunta nellore Dist 22 killed . Sqn Ldr S Sahoo |
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