# Incident 20251014020979I: Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280, Jackson, MS, October 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2025, 21:08 local time
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Jackson-Evers International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2988° N, 90.1848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2988&lon=-90.1848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N280GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Iai GULFSTREAM G280 (registry code 4500314, https://openairdocs.org/model/iai-gulfstream-g280) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell AS907-2-1G (registry code 33400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-as907-2-1g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: IAI LTD GULFSTREAM G280
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL AS907-2-1G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251014020979I

## Narrative

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

THE CAPTAIN AND HIS CO-CAPTAIN, JASON ELLZEY. PLANNED ROUTE FROM JACKSON, MS TO STARKVILLE, MS (KJAN-KSTF) TO TAKE 4 PASSENGERS. PIC WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT (PF) AND JASON WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT (PM). DEPARTED KJAN ON RUNWAY 34R AND WERE INSTRUCTED TO FLY “RUNWAY HEADING”. AS THEY WERE CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2400FT AND 200 KTS, 2 BIRDS APPEARED SLIGHTLY HIGH AND EXTREMELY CLOSE. ONE BIRD TUCKED ITS WINGS AND DOVE, STRIKING THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THEY HEARD THE “POP”, SO THEY KNEW FOR SURE THAT THEY HIT THE BIRD. THEY BEGAN TO LEVEL OFF AND REDUCE POWER TO KEEP THE SPEED SLOW    (NOT INCREASE ABOVE 250 KTS). ATC WAS INFORMED THEY NOTIFIED TOWER AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THEY COMPLETED ALL CHECKLIST AND RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

THEY DID NOT SEE ANY BIRDS CLIMBING OUT AND THESE 2 BIRDS THAT THEY SAW WAS AT THE LAST SECOND AND CAME FROM ABOVE US, SO NEITHER OF THEM SAW THEM UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE IMPACT.

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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