A student pilot practicing touch-and-goes in Farmington (NM)
apparently lost power Thursday night, causing his plane to pile
into a police building near Four Corners Regional Airport. The
student-pilot, who's not yet been identified, was seriously
injured, according to local authorities.
The aircraft impacted a part of the building that houses the
detective unit, according to Fire Marshal Herb Veazey.
"There’s some structural damage inside the building a lot of
glass and debris strewn about...bent and twisted I-beams inside the
office area," says Veazey. "We have a lot of fuel leaking down
inside the building."