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Two killed in crash of Piper PA-28-140 near Holly Springs, Mississippi

The accident record lists two people on board, two fatalities and the aircraft destroyed; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:38 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed when the aircraft crashed near Holly Springs, Mississippi, at about 10:40 p.m. local time on January 18, 2026, according to the accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities, and describes the aircraft as destroyed. The event is still developing and the investigation is at an early stage. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined. The accident record classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight and identifies the aircraft as , operated by . Aircraft registry records list as a , a single-engine piston landplane with a Lycoming 0-320 series engine, serial number 28-24408, built in 1968 and 58 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as Rouhana Joseph A Trustee; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. No sources describing that entity could be located in web, regulator or directory material, so nothing can be reported about what it is or does. Geographic reference data places Holly Springs in Marshall County, Mississippi, at a terrain elevation of 617 ft — a figure for the settlement, not the accident site — .8 miles SSE of Thomas Field (3MS1) and 4.9 miles ESE of Holly Springs Marshall County Airport (KM41). Weather observations recorded at University Oxford Airport (KUOX), 27 miles away and 15 minutes from the reported time, show wind from 230° at 4 kt, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 28°F. That is an instrument reading and not a statement about what happened. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 162 other cases involving the , of which 32 involved a fatality. That count is a record of past cases and says nothing about the cause of this accident.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N6711J
Type
Piper PA-28-140 — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
Built
1968-01-01 (58 years old)
Registered owner
Rouhana Joseph A TrusteeThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
617 ft
Nearest aerodrome
2.8 miles SSE of Thomas Field (3MS1)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:38current

    Corrected the bearings between Holly Springs and the nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data, and clarified that the 617 ft elevation is that of the settlement rather than the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 18:44

    First published.

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