# Incident 20040319003399I: Mrchti S20522R, Saratoga, WY, March 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2004, 07:38 local time
- Place: Saratoga, WY
- Airport: Saratoga Ndb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4524° N, 106.8117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saratoga, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4524&lon=-106.8117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983WA-2018-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R (registry code 8120412, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-s-205-22r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V 350 series (registry code 27043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-350-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MRCHTI S20522R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319003399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SAA ON VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. DURING CLIMBOUT HE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PERFORMING AT FULL POWER. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO SAA FOR LANDING. DURING APPROACH IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY AND SLID TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N983WA (1)

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

- [Incident 19870911062549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870911062549I), Sep 11, 1987: Mrchti S20522R (N983WA), Shelter Cove, CA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend the gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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