IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


2005 : 1 2007 : 1 2010 : 2 2011 : 2 2012 : 1 2013 : 1 2014 : 1 2015 : 1 2017 : 2 2019 : 1 2020 : 1 2021 : 2 2022 : 1 2023 : 3

A total of 20 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
26 Nov 05 Dhruv J-4045 Wg Cdr Neti Shivaram Krishna
Click to View Record HAL FL in Karimnagar AP HC Damaged
02 Feb 07 Dhruv J-4062 Wg Cdr Vikas Jetly +
Sqn Ldr Priyesh Sharma +
Click to View Record 151 HU Sarang Display team crash at Yelahanka. Jetley die
27 Feb 10 Dhruv
An advanced light helicopter Dhruv of the Indian A
22 Dec 10 Dhruv
ARMY - AAC Army - Crashed near Leh
21 Apr 11 Dhruv Lt Jepa +
Lt Col Bhatia +
ARMY - AAC  Went missing. in bad weather over a valley in th
19 Oct 11 Dhruv VT-BSH Capt Manoj Kumar Swain +
BSF Crashed during  on anti-Naxal flight from Ranchi
15 Jan 12 Dhruv VT-BSN Brig P D Tiwari
BSF Raipur, While performing vibrex check, helicopter
13 May 13 Dhruv Col Sharma
Major Dave
ARMY - AAC Cr Siachen - Pilots safe
25 Jul 14 Dhruv Wg Cdr Thakur Narsing Bhagat Singh +
Sqn Ldr Manu Rajagopal +
Click to View Record Click to View Record 111 HU Cr Sitapur, near Lucknow - 7 killed
11 Feb 15 Dhruv Lt Col Rajesh Gulati +
Major Tahir Khan +
ARMY - 202 Cr Bandipora Dist 2k Laman (Safapora) forests
04 Jul 17 Dhruv Wg Cdr Mandeep Singh Dhillon +
Flt Lt Pramod Kumar Singh +
Click to View Record Click to View Record Cr Hostalam Vill Pampunpare dist during evac sorti
05 Sep 17 Dhruv
ARMY AL crashed at Tsogstalu helipad at 1330pm. GOC XIV
24 Oct 19 Dhruv
ARMY Cr in Poonch. 9 injured including Army Commander.
09 May 20 Dhruv
ARMY North Sikkim. 5 injured
25 Jan 21 Dhruv WSI
ARMY - 254 crashed in Kathua district's Lakhanpur
03 Aug 21 Dhruv WSI Lt Col S S Bhatt +
Capt Jayant Joshi +
ARMY - 254 Crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam.
21 Oct 22 Dhruv WSI Maj Vikas Bhambu +
Maj Mustafa +
ARMY crashed at Migging (South of Tuting) in ArunachalP
08 Mar 23 Dhruv Mk III
NAVY Ditch at Sea
26 Mar 23 Dhruv Mk III CG-855
Coast Guar Immediately after takeoff, when CG 855 was at abou
04 May 23 Dhruv Mk III
ARMY At about 1115 hours on 04 May 2023, an Army Aviati

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