GAA26WA068

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA20 · Bloemfontein, South Africa · January 2, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
January 2, 2026, 08:09 local (08:09 UTC)
Place
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
ZS-WEZPiper PA20
Defining event
Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202271

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
ZS-WEZ
Reported as
Piper PA20
Category
Airplane
Serial number
22-808
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial