Aircraft Attrition

A total of 26 Accidents and Losses are listed.

Date Aircraft Cat Rank, Name & Photo Unit Serial Remarks

22 Nov 63 Chetak HC Flt Lt S S Sodhi* 107HU Cr at poonch 6 killed incl 4 Generals ...More 01 Jun 64 Allouette III HC Plt Offr Palit 114 Near Khardungla Pass DNE ...More 05 Dec 71 Chetak HC Srinagar AFS. Pilots injured ? 11 Dec 71 Chetak HC Sqn Ldr K L Bajaj* 114HU Z-366 Hit Power Lines at Pt 7573 in Kashmir 01 Jul 76 Chetak HC Flt Lt C Gupta ASTE killed in crash - test pilot school 01 May 79 Chetak HC Sqn Ldr M P Rane* 104 Cr 45 Km fm Halwara 4 CK 07 Nov 79 Chetak HC Sqn Ldr J Souza* 2CK after HC cr Bombay High 29 Dec 82 Chetak HC Wg Cdr Y Prakash* Cr Gangtok 5 Killed incl 1 Gp Capt 19 Apr 83 Chetak HC Flt Lt Kumar* Cr at Manali Both Pilots Froze to Death 30 Dec 85 Chetak HC Fg Offr A Tawade* Cr 15 km fm Silchar 2 Killed 02 Aug 86 Chetak HC Lt Cdr Inderjit Saini* NAVY Vizag INAS cr Simhachalam Hills 15 Sep 86 Chetak HC Capt Syam Sunder* 660 Cr in chara vill Patiala 2 killed 31 May 89 Chetak HC Lt Chandrakumar* NAVY Wirestrike at Rameshwaram 5 Killed ...More 28 Jul 90 Chetak HC NAVY Kochi 26 Jul 91 Chetak HC Panchami Vill 60 km fm Jammu 6 Killed 16 Aug 91 Chetak HC Lt N M Shaik* NAVY Cr fm Mangalore 4 Killed ...More 08 Dec 92 Chetak HC Fg Offr Misra* Gadra Rd Barmer Dist 1 IAF and 4 Army off K 14 Dec 97 Chetak HC Sqn Ldr Balakrishnan Cr jogewala Raj 4 k incl Fg Off J S bindra ...More 30 Jan 01 Chetak HC Maj Sanjay Lochup* ARMY Cr Sanjichhat Helipad Vaishnodevi 5 Army Men K ...More 12 Apr 02 Chetak HC HE(A) RSQ 31 Jul 03 Chetak HC Flt Lt Naryana* HTS Capt Avinash Sharma k - hc cr 35km from Hakimpet ...More 01 Feb 05 Chetak HC Jamnagar ...More 21 Feb 05 Chetak HC NAVY Visakhapatnam ...More 06 May 05 Chetak HC Lt Cdr D Poddar* NAVY IN-493 Sub Lt M Bhaskaran and Div VR Karla k - nr Chennai ...More 07 Sep 05 Chetak HC NAVY No details ...More 22 Jan 08 Chetak HC CGAS Cr in Bob off Little Andaman , from Port Blair ...More

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