# Accident 20260118000499A: Piper PA-28-140, Holly Springs, MS, January 18, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2026, 16:40 local time
- Place: Holly Springs, MS
- Airport: Holly Springs-Marshall County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7998° N, 89.5187° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7998&lon=-89.5187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6711J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6711J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,241 total, 320 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260118000499A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 18 2026, TWO FATALITIES OCCURRED WHEN A CFI WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT. AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO'S, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 36 TO THE SOUTH THEN MADE A LEFT TURN EAST, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET, MADE A LEFT TURN NORTH AND CRASHED INTO WOODED AREA JUST OUTSIDE AIRPORT FENCE LINE APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET EAST OF THE END OF RUNWAY 36. POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED MAJORITY OF AIRCRAFT. FAA, NTSB, LYCOMING, AND PIPER REPRESENTITIVES ARRIVED ON SCENE, AND POST CRASH ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED ON AIRFRAME AND ENGINE WITH NO ANOMOLIES NOTED.

## 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 CEN26FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA093), Jan 18, 2026: Piper PA-28-140 (N6711J), Holly Springs, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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