# Accident 20251126019099A: Piper PA-22-108, Colorado Spring, CO, November 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 2 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251126019099A

## Narrative

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

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 WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO COME UP, PILOT FELT AIRCRAFT WAS TOO UNSTABLE TO LAND AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. AS THE PILOT WAS MAKING CORRECTIONS TO BRING THE RIGHT WING DOWN HE ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND,  AT SLOW SPEED ALONG WITH OVER CORRECTION OF THE CONTROLS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A 1000S FEET REMAINING SIGN THAT IMPACTED THE LEFT WING STRUTS, LEFT ELEVATOR/STABILATOR, WHICH ALL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SIGN IT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PUSH THE CONTROL WHEEL FORWARD TO BRING THE NOSE DOWN. AFTER GAINING ABOUT 400 FEET AGL THE PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH ATC AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO COME AROUND AND LAND ON RUNWAY 35L. AS THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A SMALL RUNWAY LIGHT, AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS, THE PILOT TAXIED CLOSER TO THE TAXIWAY AND SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN.

## 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 CEN26LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA053), Nov 26, 2025: Piper PA-22-108 (N4588Z), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing.

## Other reports on N4588Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20200221006809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200221006809I), Feb 21, 2020: Piper PA-22-108 (N4588Z), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. 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…

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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