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Date: Aircraft: Serial: Unit: Involved: Location: Circumstances:
5 Jun 1989
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		170 OK Andara, Angola Emergency landing at night after being hit in main rotor blades by ZU-23. End of hostilities and may have been shot at by Unita.
30 Jun 1988
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		178 31 Sqn 3 OK Near Durban Cat 3 damage.
3 Oct 1986
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		OK Oshikati Taxied too close to hangar, main blades struck hangar door, causing helcipter to roll onto its side and breaking the tailboom off. Helicopter was repaired.
12 Jun 1986
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		1 K, 2 Inj During a simulated flag towing exercise, the supporting cable broke and hit the tail rotor causing loss of control and resulted in a hard autorotation landing.
13 Aug 1984
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		121
27 Dec 1983
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		155 19 Sqn Near Cassinga, Angola Crashed after take-off while trooping. Cat 5 damage.
8 Aug 1982
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		132 31 Sqn 3 + 11 K Cassinga, Angola Hit by AAA and crashed inverted.
8 Feb 1982
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		163 19 Sqn OK Near Cahama Cat 5 damage.
5 Jan 1982
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		168 19 Sqn 3 K Angola Hit by a single AK-47 tracer round, causing a hydraulic pipe to rupture and cut away a rotor actuator rod. This caused a loss of control and the helicopter struck the ground inverted.
29 Sep 1981
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		174 19 Sqn 6 k, 1 inj Oshakati airbase Lost orientation during brown-out while landing, went backwards and tail rotor hit obstruction.
2 Aug 1980
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		158 19 Sqn OK Cat 4 damage.
4 Sep 1979
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		164 19 Sqn 3 + k Mozambique Hit by RPG-7 (AAA?) while flying for the RhAF during Operation Uric.
30 Sep 1977
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		154 19 Sqn OK Near Eenhana Cat 4 damage
4 Jan 1976
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		122 19 Sqn 3 + 2 k Angola Hit by friendly AA fire.
22 Dec 1975
SA-330C, H, L Puma 		134 19 Sqn 2 K, 4? OK NW of Cela, Angola Hit by Cuban AAA.