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| 1998 : 25 |
A total of 25 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 98 | MiG-21 M | | Cr outside Sirsa Engine Failure | |||
| 21 Mar 98 | MiG-27 M | Sqn Ldr Rajiv Kumar Mendiratta |  | 10 Sqn | Engine burst on T/O roll. Pilot stopped and got ou | |
| 21 Mar 98 | MiG-21 Bis | | Cr near Chandigarh - MoD statement in LS | |||
| 26 Mar 98 | MiG-27 M | | Cr near Jaisalmer/Suratgarh MoD statement in LS | |||
| 12 May 98 | MiG-21 M | Air Cmde Arun Kumar Tiwary |  | Pathankot 4k on gd | ||
| 23 May 98 | Kiran HJT-16 | Sqn Ldr Ranadeep Chakarvarty + | AFA | Cr near Bidar MoD statement in LS | ||
| 04 Jun 98 | MiG-21 Bis | Fg Offr Samir Kashinath Nerkar + | 4 Sqn | |||
| 24 Jun 98 | MiG-21 Bis | | ||||
| 27 Jul 98 | MiG-21 | Sqn Ldr Sanjay Chaudhary | MiG21 crashed in the Assam | |||
| 14 Aug 98 | Cheetah SA-315 | Z-1441 | Fg Offr Nitin Anil Welde |  | 114 HU | engine failure at an altitude of 17800 ft. helico |
| 14 Aug 98 | MiG-21 Bis | Fg Offr C G Trivedi | Cr barmer dist. From Uttarlai | |||
| 29 Aug 98 | Unidentified HC | | Unidentified Cr in Madhya Pradesh | |||
| 31 Aug 98 | MiG-27 M | TS-585 | Flt Lt Parminder Singh Rana + | 22 Sqn | Cr Kalaikonda onto Two other MiGs. Of the three ai | |
| 31 Aug 98 | MiG-27 M | TS-571 | - - | 22 Sqn | Second MiG dest after another cr on top | |
| 31 Aug 98 | MiG-27 M | TS-530 | - - | 22 Sqn | Stationary on Ground Dest when another Ac cr | |
| 03 Sep 98 | MiG-23 BN | | 220 Sqn | Cr after TO from Halwara | ||
| 07 Sep 98 | Mil Mi-25 | Sqn Ldr Dharminder Singh Nehra | Cr near Gurdaspur Punjab | |||
| 08 Sep 98 | Unidentified UI | | Pokhran Range | |||
| 07 Oct 98 | MiG-21 | Flt Lt Rakesh Kumar Kamboj + | 51 Sqn | Cr Niligrant Sonamarg Dist. | ||
| 19 Oct 98 | Cheetah SA-315 | Capt G D Singh + | ARMY | Maj Shankaran too k in Army crash at Simla | ||
| 27 Oct 98 | MiG-21 M | Fg Offr Manu Srivastava + |  | 108 Sqn | Pathankot AFB Cr Kangra Dist | |
| 28 Oct 98 | MiG-27 M | | Kalaikonda Pt BO | |||
| 14 Nov 98 | Unidentified T | | Cr Mhow 2 Crew Killed | |||
| 23 Nov 98 | Sea Harrier | | NAVY - INA | Cr in Indian Ocean Pt bo | ||
| 28 Nov 98 | Deepak HPT-32 | Flt Cdt H K Rai + | BFTS | Bamrauli AF |
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