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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1968 : 3 | 1969 : 3 | 1971 : 1 | 1972 : 5 | 1973 : 4 | 1974 : 2 | 1976 : 1 | 1978 : 1 | 1980 : 1 | 1982 : 1 | 1984 : 2 |
A total of 24 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 68 | Vampire T55 | Sqn Ldr Mohinder Kumar Jain Sqn Ldr Chongtham Birendra Singh + |  | FTW | Failed to recover from a spin | |
| 16 Apr 68 | Vampire T55 | Plt Offr N Ahmed Flt Lt J Singh | FTW | Martin Baker List | ||
| 20 Aug 68 | Vampire FB52 | Sub Lt H S Atwal + | FTW | Crashed on the runway on takeoff on his first solo | ||
| 16 Mar 69 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Bhanu Hora + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 01 Sep 69 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Narendra Pawar | FTW | DNE. Solo navigation trip got lost and ran out of | ||
| 01 Sep 69 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Surinder Winkle Chib | FTW | DNE | ||
| 13 Feb 71 | Vampire FB52 | IB-802 | Flt Cdt Anil Kumar Gupta |  | FTW | Baled out of Vampire - Stuck undercarriage. full |
| 19 Apr 72 | Vampire T55 | Flt Cdt R P S Bindra + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 12 Sep 72 | Vampire | Flt Cdt Rajiv Mathur + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 17 Sep 72 | Vampire T55 | BY-402 | Flt Lt David Malcolm Subaiya Flt Cdt Chander Shekar |  | FTW | Martin Baker List |
| 22 Sep 72 | Vampire | Flt Cdt V P Dewan + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 25 Sep 72 | Vampire T55 | Sqn Ldr Shailendra Singh Kaushik Flt Cdt Bidanda Chengapa Nanjappa |   | FTW | Martin Baker List | |
| 01 Jan 73 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Lt Raghavachari | FTW | Possibly Repaired CrLanded outside Hyd. Pt OK with injuries. DNE. Fo | ||
| 19 Apr 73 | Vampire | Flt Cdt Vijay Singh Gahlaut + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 01 May 73 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Om Narayan Arha | FTW | DNE. He had grinding noise from the engine. Got in | ||
| 29 Aug 73 | Vampire T55 | BY-402 | Flt Lt Jasminder Singh Kahlon Flt Cdt Shyamlal Ghosh |  | FTW | ejection due to engine failure soon after take off |
| 03 Jan 74 | Vampire | Flt Cdt Vijay Keshav Gadre + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 01 Jun 74 | Vampire FB52 | Flt Cdt Vijay Singh | FTW | DNE. Mk52 suffered a flame out soon after take off | ||
| 10 Jun 76 | Iskra TS-11 | W-1762 | Sqn Ldr Joseph Thomas |  | FTW | flight test after FTW reported a number of delayed |
| 18 Feb 78 | Iskra TS-11 | Plt Offr Gunbir Singh Chhabra + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 08 Feb 80 | Iskra TS-11 | Flt Cdt Ashwinder Singh Malhotra + | FTW | In Memoriam | ||
| 16 Mar 82 | Iskra TS-11 | Flt Lt Inder Mohan Malhotra + | FTW | Cr while Landing at Yelahanka. Pilot apparently cu | ||
| 08 Sep 84 | Iskra TS-11 | Flt Cdt M J S Bains + | FTW | FL Jeedimetla Lake.from Hakimpet. Awarded SC. Flt | ||
| 29 Oct 84 | Kiran HJT-16 | Plt Offr Om Nirmal Kumar | FTW | Ejected - Jamnagar range during Armament Practice |
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