# Incident 20251122020399I: Piper PA-28-161, Concord, NC, November 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2025, 18:48 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord-Padgett Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3878° N, 80.7091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONCORD-PADGETT RGNL (JQF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3878&lon=-80.7091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38522, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251122020399I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 22, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00, A PIPER CHEROKEE WARRIOR II WAS PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 2 AT CONCORD AIRPORT (JQF).DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. RIGHT RUDDER INPUTS FROM BOTH INDIVIDUALS IN THE COCKPIT FAILED TO STOP THE DEVIATION. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED THE GRASS.

THE THROTTLE WAS THEN REDUCED TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED CURVING LEFT AT A DECREASING SPEED BEFORE PIVOTING SHARPLY, WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE A TAXIWAY SIGN NEAR TAXIWAY A.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, AND THE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE SHUT DOWN.

T-EA68-FY26-0455

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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