Aviation Crash Map

Safair accidents

The NTSB database holds 5 accidents and incidents involving Safair, recorded between 1965 to 2025. 2 of them were fatal (40%), and 3 people died.

The deadliest year was 1978, with 2 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (3 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Piper PA-22 and Piper PA-31.

Most of these records are from United States and South Africa.

4 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

5
Records
2
Fatal
3
Deaths
40%
Share fatal
1965 to 2025
Period
Show these on the map 1 of 5 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1
1970s 2
2020s 2

All 5 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 Oct 1978 Piper PA-28R
N1690H
Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
Safair Fatal 2
14 May 1965 Piper PA-22
N5342Z
Lodi-Garfield Nj, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
Safair Fatal 1
22 Sep 2025 Boeing 737
ZS-SJU
Cape Town, South Africa Safair No injuries -
25 Dec 2020 Boeing 737
ZS-SJR
Johannesburg, South Africa
no coordinates
Safair Unknown -
26 Jan 1979 Piper PA-31
N9004Y
Lima, New York, United States
no coordinates
Safair No injuries -