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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1971 : 1 1974 : 1 1976 : 1 1979 : 1 1981 : 1 1995 : 2 2011 : 1 2012 : 2 2019 : 1 2021 : 1 2023 : 2

A total of 14 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
08 Dec 71 Sukhoi-7 B-910 Flt Lt Ramesh Gulabrao Kadam +
 Click to View Record TACDE Risalawala by F-6
18 Mar 74 MiG-21 U U-459 Sqn Ldr Vinod Kumar Verma
Sqn Ldr Janak Pratap Singh		 Click to View Record Click to View Record TACDE Possibly Repaired FL after engine flameout on takeoff.. Ac possibly
24 Jul 76 Sukhoi-7 Sqn Ldr Owen Joseph D'Sena +
 Click to View Record TACDE Ac tech failure. Crashed immediately after take of
31 Jul 79 Sukhoi-7 Sqn Ldr Akhilesh Chand Mathur
 Click to View Record TACDE Lakhonwala
24 Oct 81 MiG-21 FL C-1173 Gp Capt Krishna Narayana Pillai
 Click to View Record TACDE Ejected. Multiple emergencies. Fire and both hydra
29 Jul 95 MiG-27 M TS-609 Sqn Ldr Divesh Rai Auplish
 TACDE Ejected immediately after take off, ac caught fire
29 Nov 95 MiG-27 M Flt Lt Harishankar Prasad Kosta +
 Click to View Record TACDE FSL. Could not pull out from an S-24 dive.
04 Feb 11 MiG-21 Bison CU-2818
TACDE Crashed  at Anup Nagar near Bela-Bhimlat village,
30 Aug 12 Mil MI-17 Z-3089 Wg Cdr Vikram Singh +
Wg Cdr Sameer Saxena +		 TACDE Mid air collision on a training sortie shortly aft
30 Aug 12 Mil MI-17 Z-2904 Wg Cdr Asheesh Sharma +
Sqn Ldr V Manoj Nair +		 Click to View Record TACDE Mid air collision on a training sortie shortly aft
25 Sep 19 MiG-21 U U-3286
Sqn Ldr Shivanand		 TACDE UI (TD). Flameout on Approach
17 Mar 21 MiG-21 Bison Gp Capt Ashish Gupta +
 Click to View Record TACDE
28 Jan 23 Mirage 2000 KF-128 Wg Cdr Hanumanth Rao Sarathi +
 Click to View Record TACDE MAC. Su-30 & Mirage. TACDE 2 v 1 exercise.
28 Jan 23 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI
TACDE MAC. Su-30 & Mirage. TACDE 2 v 1 exercise.

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