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| Date: | Friday 10 October 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee B |
| Owner/operator: | Vulcan Aviation Institute |
| Registration: | ZS-FTS |
| MSN: | 28-25152 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Johannesburg -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee B crashed in Johannesburg as a result of a technical malfunction.
One occupant perished and the other was injured.
Sources:
https://telanganatoday.com/ranchi-youth-dies-in-johannesburg-plane-crash-during-pilot-training
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/rajasthan-man-dies-in-plane-crash-during-pilot-training-in-south-africa-9446092
https://aviationtoday.in/aircraft-crashes/indian-student-pilot-dies-in-solo-flight-crash-during-training-in-johannesburg/
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1243445541133466&set=pb.100064040951968.-2207520000&type=3
NTSB
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/1468061_1691394572.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 2021 | ZS-FTS | 0 | Lanseria International Airport (HLA/FALA) | |
sub | |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2025 10:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Oct-2025 10:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Oct-2025 11:30 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 15-Oct-2025 12:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2025 12:24 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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