THE AIRFORCE - ATTRITION SUMMARIES
| Date: | Aircraft: | Serial: | Unit: | Involved: | Location: | Circumstances: |
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| 5 Dec 2012 |  C47-TP Turbo Dakota |
6840 | 35 Sqn | 6 + 5 k | Drakensburg mountains | Crashed in the giants Castle area of the Drakensburg, en-route from AFB Waterkloof to Mthatha airport in bad weather. |
| 7 Nov 2012 | C47-TP Turbo Dakota |
6877 | 35 Sqn | 3 + 13 OK | Mthatha Airport, Eastern Cape | Upon landing, aircraft departed the runway to the right after the second bounce and ran into a ditch, collapsong the starboard undercarriage and damaging the propellor. |
| 19 Feb 2007 | C47-TP Turbo Dakota |
6840 | 35 Sqn | OK, 1 inj | Beaufort West, Western Cape | Aircraft bounced on landing, damaging undercarriage and engine mounts. Airrame repaired. |
| 21 Apr 2005 | C47-TP Turbo Dakota |
All OK | AFB Makhado | While taxiing with journalists along the runway preparing for a takeoff at night, one of the wings clipped a tree and was damaged. The dent in the wing tip was not serious and the aircraft was repaired in half a day. |
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| 5 May 1994 | C47-TP Turbo Dakota |
6816 | OK | AFB Bloemspruit | Took-off below stall speed. | |
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