Two people were killed when their light training aircraft crashed near Poortjie in Orange Farm on Friday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority said.

Spokesperson Phindiwe Gwebu said the plane took off from Rand Airport around 9am and was expected to land at the same airport later during the day.

"The pilot was making a U-turn when the plane started spinning out of control. We don't know if this was a training exercise and we also don't know what caused the accident," said Gwebu.

The passenger was found 500 metres from the accident and the pilot was found inside the wreckage.

Over the last three months 28 people were killed in four aircraft crashes.

On Tuesday six people were killed when their aircraft crashed in Germiston shortly after taking off from Rand Airport near Germiston.

On 6 October, nine people, including four children, died in an aircraft crash in Barberton, Mpumulanga.

In September six people died in two aircraft accidents in East London and KwaZulu-Natal.

In East London four people were killed when a small aircraft crashed shortly after taking off. In KwaZulu-Natal two people died when an aircraft crashed and caught fire in the mountainous Jagersrust, in Bergville.

In August one person died and two were injured when a light aircraft crashed onto a golf course near Rand Airport.

Last year about 40 people were killed in about 30 aircraft crashes.

Sapa