THE AIRFORCE - ATTRITION SUMMARIES
| Date: | Aircraft: | Serial: | Unit: | Involved: | Location: | Circumstances: |
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| 3 May 2025 |  A109 LUH |
4025 | 17 Sqn | OK | AFMDW (Swartkop) | Inadvertently landed after airshow display with the landing gear in the retracted position. Immediately stabilised into a hover, extended the gear and landed on the wheels. Scrapes to the belly. |
| 18 Apr 2019 | A109 LUH |
4006 | TFDC or 17 Sqn | 2 Inj | R101, between Ruimte and Wierda Ave, Centurion | Crashed. |
| 7 Nov 2016 | A109 LUH |
4013 | 87 HFS | 3 Inj | On Farm Umpukane, near Clocolan | Rotor blade may have hit rocky outcrop during night flying training. |
| 5 Feb 2014 | A109 LUH |
15 Sqn | 2 OK | AFS PE | Student on second solo flight (with flight Engineer) attenpted to land with undercarriage not down and locked. Aborted landing and landed on second attempt Underside of helicopter slightly damaged. | |
| 30 Mar 2013 | A109 LUH |
4018 | 15 Sqn | 2 + 3 k | North of Satara, Kruger National Park | On a scheduled aerial patrol of the Kruger National Park as part of Operation Rhino, the anti-rhino poaching operation. Possibly flew into ground and exploded. |
| 15 Dec 2010 | A109 LUH |
4021 | 15 Sqn | 3 OK | Ballito, KwaZulu Natal | Tail rotor failure and landing hard. |
| 24 Nov 2010 | A109 LUH |
4024 | 17 Sqn | OK | Potchefstroom | Involved in a hard landing near Potchefstroom, causing severe damage. |
| 12 May 2009 | A109 LUH |
4022 | 17 Sqn | 3 K | Woodstock Dam, Bergville (KZN) | Crashed into the Woodstock Dam while enroute to a mountain flying exercise. The two pilots and the flight engineer drowned. |
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