IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1968 : 1 1972 : 2 1976 : 2 1978 : 1 1979 : 1 1980 : 2

A total of 9 Accidents and Losses are listed.


DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
31 Jan 68 HT-2 Flt Lt Arjun Runganadhan
Flt Cdt Prakash Singh Sumbria +
Click to View Record EFS Aircraft failed to recover from spin. Instructor b
08 Mar 72 HT-2 Flt Lt Niraj Kukreja +
Flt Cdt Surender Singh Khaira +
Click to View Record EFS K in Crash at Bidar. A mid air collision between t
18 Aug 72 HT-2 Flt LT Yashwant Rao +
Lt G Roy
EFS In Memoriam
01 Jan 76 HT-2 Flt Lt Yashwant Rao Rane
Flt Cdt Salaria
Click to View Record EFS DNE. Could not recover from a spin in an HT-2. Tol
27 Sep 76 HT-2 Flt Lt Anil Chaturvedi +
Flt Cdt Natrajan +
EFS Instructor started spin at lower altitude - did no
06 Mar 78 HT-2 Capt S K Sharma +
EFS In Memoriam
13 Feb 79 HT-2 Flt Lt Jacob Palamootil Mathews +
Flt Cdt Sundaram Arul +
EFS In Memoriam
08 Feb 80 HT-2 Flt Lt Satish Bhasin
Capt A K Naskar
EFS In Memoriam
11 Oct 80 HT-2 Flt Cdt V Cheriyan +
EFS In Memoriam

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