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| 1977 : 10 |
A total of 10 Accidents and Losses are listed.
| Date | Aircraft Type | Tail No | Pilot/Crew | Photo | Unit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 77 | Gnat | Flt Lt Ajit Singh Lamba |  | A1ATU | Srinagar Valley - Pulled canopy lever while going | |
| 27 Jan 77 | Gnat | E-1037 | Fg Offr Chander Shekhar + | 9 Sqn | Did not pull out from a R/P live dive and crashed | |
| 05 Apr 77 | Dakota C-47 | VT-EEL | Sqn Ldr Manoj Chandra Goel + Flt Lt Darryl Raymond Kumar + | NRSA | NRSA. 4 killed incl F/Lt N L Dewan (10241), Flt Lt | |
| 18 May 77 | Kiran HJT-16 | Flt Lt Raj Kumar Poonia Flt Lt Ramesh Bakshi |   | Martin Baker List | ||
| 20 May 77 | MiG-21 FL | C-1004 | Flt Lt Simhakutty Varthaman |  | 1 Sqn | Engine fire followed by catastrophic disintegratio |
| 25 May 77 | Dakota C-47 | IJ-297 | | |||
| 13 Aug 77 | Gnat | IE-1246 | Fg Offr Pradeep Kumar Sahu + | 2 Sqn | In Memoriam | |
| 20 Aug 77 | Gnat | E-300 | Flt Lt Anjum Nabi Azmi | 9 Sqn | Severe Lateral rocking, a/c went out of control, E | |
| 15 Oct 77 | MiG-21 FL | Flt Lt Z A V Fernandes + | 47 Sqn | In Memoriam | ||
| 04 Nov 77 | Tupolev-124 | V-643 | Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D'Lima + Sqn Ldr Cyriac Mathew + |  | AHQ Comm S | Cr at Guwahati 5 Killed Tekalgaon village. Nav W/ |
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