# Accident 19880820034649A: Mrchti S20522R, Bullhead City, AZ, August 20, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1988, 20:00 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Bullhead Laughlin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955W-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R (registry code 8120412, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-s-205-22r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MRCHTI S20522R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 40 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820034649A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND AND HYDROPLANED OFF RUNWAY ON THIRD TRY TO LAND IN THUNDERSTORM.STRUCK A CAR ON A GO AROUND ATTEMPT

## 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 LAX88LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA292), Aug 21, 1988: Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R (N955W), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage

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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