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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1973 : 1 1974 : 3 1975 : 2 1976 : 3 1977 : 1 1978 : 2 1979 : 1 1980 : 3 1981 : 3 1982 : 4 1983 : 6 1984 : 5 1985 : 1 1986 : 3 1987 : 3
1988 : 1 1989 : 1 1990 : 2 1992 : 4 1993 : 1 1994 : 4 1995 : 1 1996 : 1 1997 : 2 1998 : 1 1999 : 3 2000 : 1 2001 : 3 2003 : 1 2005 : 1
2006 : 1 2007 : 3 2009 : 1 2010 : 1 2011 : 1 2012 : 1 2014 : 1 2017 : 2 2018 : 1 2023 : 1

A total of 81 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
25 Feb 94 Kiran HJT-16 U-752
AFA Nosegear Collapse during Ldg at AFA acW/O
17 Mar 94 Kiran HJT-16 U-766 Sqn Ldr Raghunath Nambiar
Sqn Ldr Arvind Sharma		 Click to View Record Click to View Record ASTE Cr 11 km from Hosur TN
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 +		 Click to View Record AFA Cr after TO from Kalaikunda 1k 1Ej
04 Nov 96 Kiran HJT-16 U-857
AFA Guided to eject after she got lost returning from
25 Apr 97 Kiran HJT-16
406 AFS Bi Mk 1a
15 Sep 97 Kiran HJT-16
Bidar Mk1a Human error
23 May 98 Kiran HJT-16 Mk 1A Sqn Ldr Ranadeep Chakarvarty +
 AFA Cr near Bidar MoD statement in LS
01 Oct 99 Kiran HJT-16 Flt Cdt S Agnihotri
 AFA Bidar AFS Cr Ekalara Tanda Village
14 Oct 99 Kiran HJT-16 Fg Offr Chetanya Marathe +
 408 AFS Ha Hakimpet, Jagdevpur Medak
08 Dec 99 Kiran HJT-16 Lt Cdr Sanjay Chitnis
 NAVY INS Dega, Cr Vzg Rly Lines
23 May 00 Kiran HJT-16 U-837 Sqn Ldr Mukesh Nema
Sqn Ldr Harsh Vardhan Thakur		 Click to View Record Click to View Record AFA Cr Nittor Vill, TO Bidar AFS Both Pts BO. Sqn Ldr
03 May 01 Kiran HJT-16 Sqn Ldr Sanjay Gaur +
 FIS Cr Zoo Park Vandalur TO from Tambaram
08 May 01 Kiran HJT-16 U-778 Flt Cdt Shishir Sukant
 AFA Cr Daramanga Vill, RR Dist Pilot Baled out
24 Oct 01 Kiran HJT-16
Unk RSQH
06 Nov 03 Kiran HJT-16 Sqn Ldr K Gokul +
Fg Offr Animesh Srivastava +		 408 AFS Ha Cr Anthayapalli 25km from Hyd
27 Dec 05 Kiran HJT-16 U-720 Wg Cdr Rahul Arun Bapat
Sqn Ldr Deepak		 ASTE BO Cr Rajarajeswari Ngr nr Mysore
18 Mar 06 Kiran HJT-16 Wg Cdr Dheeraj Bhatia +
Sqn Ldr Shailendra Singh +		 Click to View Record Click to View Record 52 Sqn SKAT. Cr during demo at Bidar. HE(A)
11 Sep 07 Kiran HJT-16 Sqn Ldr Harish Chandra Bhagat +
Flt Cdt U C Sati +		 408 AFS Ha F/C U C Sati k TO Hakimpet cr Devarayamjal
18 Nov 07 Kiran HJT-16 Anand Kumar
 AFA Cr Padmatikesapur vill Warangal dist
22 Dec 07 Kiran HJT-16 Wg Cdr Rajat Tyagi
 52 Sqn SKAT. Bhubaneshwar AP FL- caught fire - ac dam
21 Jan 09 Kiran HJT-16 Wg Cdr Rajpal Singh Dhaliwal +
 Click to View Record 52 Sqn SKAT. Cr near Belur Village near Bidar during prac
03 Mar 10 Kiran HJT-16 IN-078 Cdr Suresh K Maurya +
Lt Cdr Rahul Nair +		 NAVY - INA Crashed into a tW/O-storey building  in the Bowen
22 Aug 11 Kiran HJT-16 U-679
Crashed during solo flight in agricultural fields
31 Jan 12 Kiran HJT-16 U-2462
Sqn Ldr K P Singh		 FIS Routine training sortie. Crashed into a lake at Ay
21 Aug 14 Kiran HJT-16
28 Sep 17 Kiran HJT-16 U-798 Flt Cdt Aman Pandey
 408 AFS Ha HE(A). The military plane crashed during a routine
24 Nov 17 Kiran HJT-16 U-762 Flt Cdt Rashi Raina
 408 AFS Ha HE(A). Rashi Raina, one of IAF's six W/Omen fighte
28 Nov 18 Kiran HJT-16 U-831 Flt Cdt Yogesh Yadav
 AFA HE(A). An Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crashe
02 Jun 23 Kiran HJT-16 U-692
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