What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Attached narrative: pilot departed north perry airport around 01:45PM of 4/17/99 headed for the beaches between fort lauderdale and pompano, Florida. The pilot stated he encountered a big mass of black smoke prior to reaching fort lauderdale. He turned back to north perry, but north perry and opa locka were IFR. VMC flight took the pilot to the area around Key Biscayne. This area went IMC and the pilot elected to maintain visual contact with the land mass at Key Biscayne and the cape Florida lighthouse due to rapidly decreasing ceiling and visibility caused by frontal passage and smoke resulting from massive firest in the Florida everglades. After several clearing passes along the beach north of the lighthouse, the pilot made an emergency landing in approximately two feet of salt water 20 feet from the shore line. The aircraft nosed over causing minor propeller damage and came to rest with the nose buried in the sand. The pilot was unhurt and exited the aircraft with his flight gear. It was noted that the state park service had previously begun beach goer evacuation due to the loss of visibility and horizon at the park.
As the FAA filed it
ATTACHED NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT AROUND 01:45PM OF 4/17/99 HEADED FOR THE BEACHES BETWEEN FORT LAUDERDALE AND POMPANO, FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A BIG MASS OF BLACK SMOKE PRIOR TO REACHING FORT LAUDERDALE. HE TURNED BACK TO NORTH PERRY, BUT NORTH PERRY AND OPA LOCKA WERE IFR. VMC FLIGHT TOOK THE PILOT TO THE AREA AROUND KEY BISCAYNE. THIS AREA WENT IMC AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE LAND MASS AT KEY BISCAYNE AND THE CAPE FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE DUE TO RAPIDLY DECREASING CEILING AND VISIBILITY CAUSED BY FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SMOKE RESULTING FROM MASSIVE FIREST IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES. AFTER SEVERAL CLEARING PASSES ALONG THE BEACH NORTH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET OF SALT WATER 20 FEET FROM THE SHORE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER CAUSING MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE AND CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE BURIED IN THE SAND. THE PILOT WAS UNHURT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIS FLIGHT GEAR. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STATE PARK SERVICE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEGUN BEACH GOER EVACUATION DUE TO THE LOSS OF VISIBILITY AND HORIZON AT THE PARK.
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