# Incident 20200221006809I: Piper PA-22-108, Farmington, NM, February 21, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2020, 18:16 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4588Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4588Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200221006809I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2020, AT 1816 MST, A PIPER PA-22-108, N4588Z, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY SIGN AFTER RUNNING OFF CENTERLINE RWY 07 AND ONTO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KFMN), FARMINGTON NEW MEXICO WHILE RETURNING FROM A CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT

SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT

INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAMAR COLORADO.

## Other reports on N4588Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20251126019099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251126019099A), Nov 26, 2025: Piper PA-22-108 (N4588Z), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft approached kcos and was cleared for left base runway 17R touch and go. Upon touchdown the left wing lifted, pilot over corrected the control inputs…

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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