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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database



A total of Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
07 Apr 74 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Jagga Singh +
Capt Khurana		 ARMY - 18 In Memoriam
20 Oct 74 Cheetah SA-315 Maj C S Krishnan VrC +
Capt B J S Oberoi		 ARMY - 2 A Helicopter cr due to water in fuel
03 Jan 76 Cheetah SA-315 Capt Harinder Pal Singh Jaggi +
Capt Jagan Nath Chandna		 ARMY - 18 In Memoriam
22 Feb 79 Cheetah SA-315 Capt Anil Kumar Gauba +
Capt Lalit Bhatia		 ARMY - 2 A In Memoriam
14 Aug 80 Cheetah SA-315 Major Surjeet Singh Rekhi
Capt B P Chacko		 ARMY - 2 A Cr Poonch 4 Cr K
20 Feb 81 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1882 Capt Jisbir Singh
Capt Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu		 ARMY - 7 A At Patiala Flying Club - 4k
19 Apr 84 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Malkiat Singh Bains
Flt Lt Bajwa		 Cr L 600m S of Bilafond La
31 Mar 85 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Ajjampur Chandrashakher +
Sqn Ldr Sonam Wangdi +		 142 SSS Fl Cr Eastern Sector 2 Killed
30 Jun 85 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1906
114 HU DNE. Bhim Helipad at 17650 ft. Hit snow short of p
17 Jun 87 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Indrjitsinh Dansinh Gohil +
Fg Offr Praveen Sharma +		 131 FAC Fl Cr in R Chenab 160 km fm jammu
30 Oct 87 Cheetah SA-315 Maj V Seetharaman +
 ARMY - 662 Capt GK Dhani also killed , Siachen Glacier
25 Feb 88 Cheetah SA-315
Cr at Siachen just short of Helipad,
10 May 88 Cheetah SA-315 Capt D S Sarao
Maj J S Labana		 ARMY - 663 Cr at Sonam Helipad - 1 k - exceeded AUW
01 Jan 89 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Harindu Kumar Bajaj +
 Cr Banhilal Pass 3 K Not in In Memoriam
26 Feb 89 Cheetah SA-315 Wg Cdr Chekuri Mohan Rao +
 117 HU Cr Baralachla Pass - victims evac by 132FAC
14 Jul 90 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Rajesh Chaturvedi +
 ARMY - 662 5 Killed Rajauri incl 1 Maj Gen
26 Nov 90 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1442 Fg Offr Madan J Ghatge +
Fg Offr Vivek Naresh +		 114 HU Leh-Margo-Leh sortie. Crashed with ITBP pers near
24 Feb 92 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1941 Flt Lt Harinder Singh Reen
 114 HU Caught in downdraught at Amar Helipad. Hit edge an
30 Jun 92 Cheetah SA-315 Z-3151 Wg Cdr Dilip Dinkar Mandpe
Air Cmde Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon		 Click to View Record 114 HU DNE.
20 Jul 93 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1876 Fg Offr Mahendra N Dalvi
Fg Offr Neelkanth R Hiremath		 114 HU Cr due downdraught during finals at Amar Helipad
27 Jul 94 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1912
114 HU cr Khardungla. Power Settling, over loading. Write
21 Sep 94 Cheetah SA-315 Maj J P Singh +
 ARMY - 659 cr in N Sikkim 4 Killed incl 1 Maj Gen
02 Jul 97 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Rajeev Juyal +
Flt Lt Vipin Kumar Agarwal +		 Click to View Record Click to View Record 114 HU Spacial Disorientation Siachen Glacier
14 Nov 97 Cheetah SA-315 Maj P K Aggarwal +
 ARMY 4 k HC cr Tawang, DM and GOC 4 Div
14 Aug 98 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1441
Fg Offr Nitin Anil Welde		 Click to View Record 114 HU engine failure at an altitude of 17800 ft. helico
19 Oct 98 Cheetah SA-315 Capt G D Singh +
 ARMY Maj Shankaran too k in Army crash at Simla
04 Aug 99 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Farhat Samiullah Siddiqui +
Flt Lt Sanjay Kumar Pandey +		 117 HU Cr in Himachal while on a rescue mission 2 K
17 May 00 Cheetah SA-315 Wg Cdr Chandra Singh +
 Click to View Record 117 HU Cr Barachla Pass, Lahaul Spiti
17 May 00 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Amit Goel +
 Cr Suraj Tal, HP
12 Jun 00 Cheetah SA-315
ARMY Cr Watlab, Maj Gen J S Mukherjee, Brig + 2 unhurt
02 Jul 00 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Sameer Riaz Kagdi +
Flt Lt Siddharth Puranik +		 Click to View Record 114 HU Cr Ladakh, 2 K incl 1 ITBP offr,
27 Sep 00 Cheetah SA-315
Kwang Village Lahaul Spiti 3 injured
03 Oct 00 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt V Krishnamurthy +
 114 HU Crashed Siachen Glacier
24 Jan 02 Cheetah SA-315 Maj A P S Mohal +
 ARMY Capt Pramod Lal Killed. Leh Area
16 Aug 02 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Sanjay Bharadwaj +
Flt Lt Maheesh Trikha +		 Click to View Record 114 HU Cr Siachen - Flt Lt A M Trikha killed
24 Jan 03 Cheetah SA-315 Maj K T Krishna
 ARMY Cr Samastapura Vill 20km Baroda. Lt Col , Maj safe
22 Apr 04 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Atul Tripathi +
Flt Lt R K Sharma +		 Click to View Record 132 Sqn Cr 40k fm Uri F/L R K Sharma Injured
29 Oct 04 Cheetah SA-315 Capt Arjun Sadanah +
 ARMY - 29 Cr 7km from Mannapass, Uttaranchal. 1 MG,1 LTC k
30 Dec 04 Cheetah SA-315 Fg Offr Bharadwaj
 142 SSS Fl TO Hashimara Cr Damdim Tea Estate
18 Feb 05 Cheetah SA-315
ARMY Siachen
19 Oct 05 Cheetah SA-315
No details
29 Sep 06 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Rohit Yadav
 ARMY - AAC Cr near Gandhinagar near Nasik 3k
11 Apr 07 Cheetah SA-315 Sqn Ldr Shantanu Basu +
Flt Lt Amit Sharma +		 Click to View Record Click to View Record 114 HU overshoot landing pad and cr into ravine. The heli
24 May 07 Cheetah SA-315 Z-3322 Lt Col Praveen D'Cunha +
Maj Puneet Karol +		 ARMY - 661 Maj Puneet Karol k - wirestrike at Kinnaur HP
15 Aug 08 Cheetah SA-315 Z-1894 Maj Sunil Ganapathy +
Maj K E Padmanabhan +		 ARMY airborne at 13.20 hours on 15.08.2008 for the oper
25 Nov 08 Cheetah SA-315 Capt Sachin Bhatia +
Maj K D Singh		 ARMY Cr in River Ramganga near Barielly, Co-Pilot Maj K
18 Aug 10 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Nikhil Prakash +
Maj Rakesh Sharma +		 ARMY Five km from Vishwema helipad, along the Nagaland-
08 Nov 10 Cheetah SA-315 Flt Lt Parikshit Hastekar
 114 HU Cr Saltaro Ridge, Siachen Glacier. Flt Lt Hastekar
02 Feb 11 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Atul Garg +
Maj Bhanu Chander +		 ARMY - AAC Crashed in the Jai Bhavani Nagar area, Nasik 2 k
23 May 12 Cheetah SA-315 Maj Chandrasekar Singh +
Maj Amit Mohindra		 ARMY Crashed on the Siachen glacier after delivering su

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