THE AIRFORCE - ATTRITION SUMMARIES
| Date: | Aircraft: | Serial: | Unit: | Involved: | Location: | Circumstances: |
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| 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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