List of Aviation Accidents and Incidents in The War in Afghanistan - 2011

2011

• September 28: A US AH-1W helicopter crashed on take-off in Helmand province killing one Marine.
• August 8: CH-47 helicopter hard landed in Paktia province. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was unrecoverable.
• August 7: AH-64D helicopter crashed in Khowst Province at 11,000 ft on the side of a mountain. There were no fatalities and the aircraft was unrecoverable due to the altitude and subsequently destroyed after a week of recovery attempts.
• August 6: A NATO CH-47 Chinook helicopter being flown by the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment was shot down by the Taliban using an RPG with 30 American and eight Afghan casualties, as well as a dog. It was the deadliest single incident for American forces since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, surpassing the downing of a Chinook on June 28, 2005, in Kunar province. A reported 22 from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team Six) died.
• July 25: A CH-47F Chinook was shot down by an RPG near Camp Nangalam in Kunar Province. Two coalition service members were injured.
• July 7: A NATO helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, no victims were reported
• June 24: A NATO helicopter made a hard landing in Helmand.

• June 15: An Afghan army Mil Mi-17 crashed in the Kunar province injuring six.
• June 12: A Polish Land Forces Mil Mi-24V was severely damaged at the Warrior base in Ghazni province. Helicopter written off.
• June 10: French Army Gazelle Viviane crashed about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Bagram in the north of the country in difficult weather conditions. One person died, the pilot was seriously injured.
• June 5: A US Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed in the Sabari district of the eastern province of Khost, the coalition said, with the Taliban claiming to have shot the aircraft down. Two service members were killed.
• May 30: An Australian Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter crashed in Zabul Province 90 km east of Tarin Kowt. The Chinook caught fire after impact, and one of the passengers on board the aircraft later died from injuries sustained in the crash. Five other Australians on board the chopper suffered minor injuries.
• May 26: A US Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in Paktika Province. One crew member killed in the incident.
• May 24: NATO chopper crashes in western Afghanistan, no victims were reported.
• May 24: French Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000D crashed 100 kilometers west of Farah. Both crew members successfully ejected and were rescued.
• May 15: A Canadian CH-47D Chinook turned on its side as it landed. Four Canadian soldiers were injured during a "hard landing" on a river bed in Afghanistan. The accident occurred during night operations by the Quebec-based Royal 22e Régiment in the Horn of Panjwaii.
• May 11 : An Afghan army Mi-17 crashed in the Nuristan province after hitting a tree, injuring nine soldiers.
• April 23: A US OH-58 Kiowa helicopter went down after apparently hitting a cable between two mountains in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital Kabul. One crew member was killed.
• February 5 a French Army Eurocopter Tiger crashed in Afghanistan's eastern district of Lateh Band near the capital Kabul.
• January 26: A Polish Land Forces Mil Mi-24V rolled over on its side after experiencing mechanical trouble during takeoff from a military base in Ghazni district of Ghazni province.