# Accident 20250723009789A: Piper J5A, Grenada, MS, July 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2025, 08:00 local time
- Place: Grenada, MS
- Airport: Grenada Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8398° N, 89.8024° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8398&lon=-89.8024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35025, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 35 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723009789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOTH THE CFII AND THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THIS OCCCURRED AFTER 7 UNEVENTFUL FULL STOP LANDINGS AND TAKE-OFFS. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT 60 DEGREES, THEN THEY EXCHANGED CONTROLS FROM THE FRONT OCCUPANT (STUDENT) TO REAR OCCUPANT (CFII) AND THEY REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT WHILE STILL ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB. THEY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AREA TO THE EAST ENTERING THE UNMOWED AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AREA AND THE DRAINAGE DITCH IN TALL GRASS.  THE AIRCRAFT SPEED ALLOWED THEM TO DEPART THE BANK OF THE DITCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WHERE THEY CONTACTED THE 8 FOOT HIGH CHAIN-LINK FENCE.  THE LANDING GEAR FAIRINGS THAT ENCLOSE THE BUNGEE CORDS STRUCK THE TOP PIPE OF THE CHAIN-LINK FENCE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT HEADING APPROXIMATLY 110 DEGREES.  THE MAIN WHEELS OF THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT LEAVE ANY MARKS IN THE CROP FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED IN FROM BEING RAMPED-AIRBORNE FROM THE DRAINAGE DITCH BANK, APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE CHAINLINK FENCE. THE IDENTIFIABLE DAMAGE INCLUDES BOTH WIG STRUTS, ENGINE TRUSS TUBES, CENTER FUSELAGE TUBES JUST AFT OF THE WINDSHIELD, MINOR DAMAGE TO WING TIPS AND ALIERON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA299), Jul 23, 2025: Piper J5A (N35025), Grenada, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight and improper decision to continue with a takeoff after the airplane swerved off the runway. Contributing to the accident was the student…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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