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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database
| 1954 : 1 | 1967 : 1 | 1970 : 1 | 1974 : 2 | 1976 : 1 | 1979 : 1 | 1981 : 1 | 1982 : 1 | 1983 : 1 | 1984 : 1 | 1985 : 1 | 1986 : 3 | 1987 : 1 | 1989 : 2 | 1990 : 2 |
| 1991 : 1 | 1999 : 1 | 2001 : 1 | 2003 : 1 | 2005 : 4 | 2006 : 1 | 2007 : 1 | 2009 : 1 | 2010 : 1 | 2012 : 1 | 2013 : 1 | 2014 : 1 | 2015 : 1 | 2018 : 1 | 2019 : 2 |
| 2020 : 2 | 2022 : 1 | 2023 : 1 |
A total of 43 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 54 | Whirlwind S-55C | IZ-649 | Lt Kutty Menon Lt Wadhwan | NAVY | Possibly Repaired Ditched in Ernakulam canal Cochin on loan to Navy. | |
| 11 May 67 | Vampire T55 | Lt R S Sodhi Lt Antony Carlier | NAVY | Martin Baker List | ||
| 08 May 70 | Vampire T55 | Cdr S Chopra Sub Lt B Hothi | NAVY | Martin Baker List - Ejected over Sea off INS Hans | ||
| 20 Aug 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt Cdr T H Chowfin Sub Lt Y Chaudhari | NAVY | Martin Baker List Sub Lt Y Chaudhari | ||
| 17 Dec 74 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt S Singh | NAVY | Martin Baker List | ||
| 21 Apr 76 | Vampire T55 | Lt V Ahuja Sub Lt J Singh | NAVY | Martin Baker List | ||
| 07 Jun 79 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt Cdr S P Singh | NAVY | Martin Baker List Lt M S Marnik | ||
| 01 Feb 81 | Sea King | Lt Cdr Subodh Vasudeo Purohit | NAVY | Ditched in sea 1730 Hrs 160m from Cochin | ||
| 04 Aug 82 | Unidentified HC | | NAVY | Crashlanded at Taimanichak . Pilot and crew had mi | ||
| 18 Jun 83 | Sea King | IN-506 | Lt Cdr V K Ojha + | NAVY | Cr in Sea off Cochin 2 Killed | |
| 25 Aug 84 | Kamov Ka-28 | Lt R C Majumdar + Lt S K Sinha + | NAVY | Cr in Sea 50 km from Calicut 5killed Lt SK Sinha k | ||
| 17 May 85 | BN2 Defender | IN-134 | Flt Lt S G Pynumtill + | NAVY | Cochin NAS cr iduki dist. | |
| 17 Jan 86 | Sea King | IN-508 | Cdr Dhillon | NAVY | 3 killed 45 km off Cohchin | |
| 03 Aug 86 | Chetak | Lt Cdr Inderjit Saini + Lt C O Prasad + | NAVY | Sub Lt V Pimplikar K. Vizag INAS cr Simhachalam Hi | ||
| 07 Aug 86 | BN2 Defender | IN-131 | | NAVY | Lost off Cochin Coast | |
| 09 Dec 87 | BN2 Defender | IN-132 | Lt Cdr R Datta | NAVY | Ditched in Sea off cochin Crew Safe Eng failure | |
| 30 Mar 89 | Deepak HPT-32 | IN-034 | Lt Cdr Syam Sunder | NAVY | Cr on landing | |
| 31 May 89 | Chetak | Lt Chandrakumar + | NAVY | Wirestrike at Rameshwaram 5 Killed | ||
| 25 May 90 | Sea King | IN-551 | Cdr S K Chaudary + | NAVY | Cr in Sea 8 miles off Bombay 4 killed | |
| 28 Jul 90 | Chetak | | NAVY | Kochi | ||
| 16 Aug 91 | Chetak | Lt N M Shaik + | NAVY | Cr fm Mangalore 4 Killed | ||
| 08 Dec 99 | Kiran HJT-16 | Lt Cdr Sanjay Chitnis | NAVY | INS Dega, Cr Vzg Rly Lines | ||
| 19 Sep 01 | Kamov Ka-28 | Cdr A K Vaideeswaran + Lt Cdr S K Suresh + | NAVY | Missing in Sea from INAS Hansa | ||
| 26 Mar 03 | Sea King | IN-525 | Lt R Ludra | NAVY | Ditched in sea off mumbai or goa, crew rescued | |
| 21 Feb 05 | Chetak | | NAVY | Visakhapatnam | ||
| 06 May 05 | Chetak | IN-493 | Lt Cdr D Poddar + Sub Lt M Bhaskaran + | NAVY | Sub Lt M Bhaskaran and Div VR Karla k - nr Chennai | |
| 19 Aug 05 | Kamov Ka-28 | Lt Cdr O Sherawat + Cdr Ravindranath + | NAVY | Cr NE of Belgaum 4k 1surv 1 missing | ||
| 07 Sep 05 | Chetak | | NAVY | No details | ||
| 11 Nov 06 | BN2 Defender | IN-135 | Lt Cdr T G S Bedi | NAVY | FL in field at Kochi | |
| 28 Feb 07 | Sea King | IN-521 | Tarafdar | NAVY | Cr L in sea shallow waters mumbai | |
| 25 Mar 09 | Kamov Ka-28 | Cdr Divesh Khurana Lt Cdr Prashant | NAVY | ditched 22M from Goa. Lt Gaurav safe. | ||
| 02 Jun 10 | Chetak | IN-468 | Lt Cdr Hritikesh Lt Cdr Tushar Sharma | NAVY | On Routine training sortie crashed into the river | |
| 15 Oct 12 | Chetak | IN-405 | Lt Cdr D Singh Lt Rahul | NAVY | Crashed at INS Hansa Naval airbase, Dabolim Airpor | |
| 05 Mar 13 | Chetak | IN-440 | Cdr Krishna Kumar | NAVY | Cr 10m in sea off INS Dega, Visakhapatnam | |
| 18 Sep 14 | Chetak | | NAVY | Hardlanding at Uran village near mumbai, crew inju | ||
| 25 Mar 15 | Dornier Do-228 | Cdr Nikhil Joshi Lt Abhinav Nagori + | NAVY | 2 officers killed in ditching. Lt Kiran Shekawat k | ||
| 03 Jan 18 | MiG-29K | | NAVY | An Indian Navy MiG 29K aircraft operating from Nav | ||
| 10 Apr 19 | Chetak | | NAVY | Helicopter developed technical failure prior to di | ||
| 16 Nov 19 | MiG-29K | Capt M Sheokhand Lt Cdr Deepak Yadav | NAVY | Flameout after Birdhit. Pilots Ejected | ||
| 23 Feb 20 | MiG-29K | | NAVY | Engine Fire. Pilot Ejected | ||
| 26 Nov 20 | MiG-29K | Cdr Nishant Singh+ | NAVY | A MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating at sea met wi | ||
| 12 Oct 22 | MiG-29K | | NAVY | Crashed in Sea off-Goa. Pilot rescued | ||
| 08 Mar 23 | Dhruv Mk III | | NAVY | Ditch at Sea |
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