What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: due to low light and overcast skies, pilot misjudged height of snow ridges on lake surface. Upon landing, aircraft bounced hard off of snow berm and landed hard, folding front tube on right gear leg. Aircraft stopped, pilot shut down engine. No injuries, no other damage. Flew back to Iliamna and borrowed gear leg from local aircraft shop, returned to site, installed gear leg and flew home. He had a friend flying another plane that had landed on the same lake without incident. Pilot said he normally overflew a lake to check for obstructions but didn't do it this time.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DUE TO LOW LIGHT AND OVERCAST SKIES, PILOT MISJUDGED HEIGHT OF SNOW RIDGES ON LAKE SURFACE. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD OFF OF SNOW BERM AND LANDED HARD, FOLDING FRONT TUBE ON RIGHT GEAR LEG. AIRCRAFT STOPPED, PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE. NO INJURIES, NO OTHER DAMAGE. FLEW BACK TO ILIAMNA AND BORROWED GEAR LEG FROM LOCAL AIRCRAFT SHOP, RETURNED TO SITE, INSTALLED GEAR LEG AND FLEW HOME. HE HAD A FRIEND FLYING ANOTHER PLANE THAT HAD LANDED ON THE SAME LAKE WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT SAID HE NORMALLY OVERFLEW A LAKE TO CHECK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS BUT DIDN'T DO IT THIS TIME.
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