THE AIRFORCE - ATTRITION SUMMARIES
| Date: | Aircraft: | Serial: | Unit: | Involved: | Location: | Circumstances: |
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| 5 Feb 2023 |  Oryx |
1235 | 15 Sqn | 1k, 1inj | Rusayo, between Beni and Goma, DRC | Whilst flying on a UN mission as UN821, a bullet penetrated the front cockpit window, injuring the Commander and fatally injuring the Flight Engineer. The crew landed safely at Goma Airport. |
| 18 Sep 2018 | Oryx |
1228 | 19 Sqn | OK | Roodewal Bombing Range | Landed hard to disembark troops during an Air Capability Demonstration, broke tailboom. |
| 4 Sep 2018 | Oryx |
1227 | OK | Beni area, DRC | Flying alone as UN820, the aircraft came under fire. The pilot in command performed evasive actions, avoiding the ground fire but clipping three of the rotors on a tree. All three rotors have damaged tips and need to be replaced, but the aircraft is otherwise undamaged. | |
| 10 Dec 2017 | Oryx |
1236 | 22 Sqn | 8 OK | Worcester side of the Huguenot Tunnel, Western Cape. | Flew into powerlines and crashed next the N1 highway on the Worcester side of the Huguenot Tunnel. |
| 18 Jul 2015 | Oryx |
1209/UN827 | UN | 15 OK | Goma airport, Democratic Republic of the Congo. | The helicopter was taxing on the ground when the nose wheel hit the raised section of a resurfaced area and the nose collapsed onto the ground. |
| 4 May 2015 | Oryx |
1213/UN820 | UN | OK | Beni, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | The helicopter was flying the MONUSCO Force Commander on a routine visit to the Bunia area of operations when several shots from a small calibre weapon were fired at it from unidentified gunmen on the ground. One of the projectiles penetrated an internal fuel tank, causing a small fuel leak. The aircraft commander took evasive action, flew out of the danger zone and diverted to Beni Mavivi Airport. |
| 21 Nov 2007 | Oryx |
1248 | 87 HFS | 1 K, 8 Inj | Between Weppener and Zastron, Free State, on the Lesotho border. | Was patrolling the Lesotho border at the time when it crashed. |
| 11 Oct 2005 | Oryx |
1200 | TFDC | 3 OK | ?25nm NE of Sutherland | Experienced a total loss of fluid from the main hydraulic system, leading to the aircraft losing all secondary hydraulic functions (normal landing gear lowering, brakes as well as the auto pilot system). This caused severe degraded controllability as well as an inability to lower the landing gear fully (Right hand main landing gear remained locked in the up position). The Oryx executed an emergency landing on a farm, landing with the right hand landing gear on a stacked slate stone pile. aircraft was repaired on site the next day. |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Oryx |
1249 | 22 Sqn | 3 OK | Open field in Kempton Park, near JIA. | Prior to landing at the Denel facility as number two in a two ship formation about 14h00 local time, experienced a total tail rotor failure while transitioning into the hover at 40 feet AGL. The helicopter spun and hit the ground hard in an open field near the airport, causing the aircraft roll over. |
| 4 Jun 2003 | Oryx |
1233 | 15 Sqn | 2 OK, 2 In | AFB Durban | Suffered a tail rotor control problem during a training flight and crash landed. |
| 22 Oct 1999 | Oryx |
1215 | 19 Sqn | 3 inj +10 | Kroonstad | Jacket blown out of cabin into tail rotor at low altitude. |
| 9 Aug 1993 | Oryx |
1202 | 19 Sqn | 3 OK | Northern Traansvaal | Main rotor sliced off tail boom. |
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