SACAA Preliminary Report: Sling 2 ZU-PBD Crash Near Boston, South Africa

Incident Overview and Flight Details On the morning of 15 October 2025, a Sling 2 aircraft with the registration ZU-PBD departed from Secunda Aerodrome (FASC) in Mpumalanga province. The flight was a private operation under Part 94 of the Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) 2011, with a destination of Margate Aerodrome (FAMG) in KwaZulu-Natal province. The flight was conducted under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) by day. The pilot had filed a flight plan with an estimated elapsed time of three hours and selected a search and rescue (SAR) +1 hour option with King Shaka International Airport (FALE). Shortly before the departure of ZU-PBD, another aircraft registered ZU-PBC, which belonged to the same operator, had also departed from FASC for the same destination. The two aircraft did not fly in formation.