What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot stated that he approached to land with a 60 knot threshold speed, with a 13 knot headwind, with full flaps deployed, and the skis in the down or fully extended position. Upon touchdown on the compacted snow covered lake, the airplane decelerated, the nose yawed left, and the outside edge of the right ski dug into the snow resulting in the airplane rotating upward and outward to the right. As a result of this rotation, the right wing tip and elevator came in contact with the lake surface and were substantially damaged. The airplane came to a stop on a heading 90 degrees to the left of the initial landing direction.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPROACHED TO LAND WITH A 60 KNOT THRESHOLD SPEED, WITH A 13 KNOT HEADWIND, WITH FULL FLAPS DEPLOYED, AND THE SKIS IN THE DOWN OR FULLY EXTENDED POSITION. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE COMPACTED SNOW COVERED LAKE, THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED, THE NOSE YAWED LEFT, AND THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE RIGHT SKI DUG INTO THE SNOW RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE ROTATING UPWARD AND OUTWARD TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT OF THIS ROTATION, THE RIGHT WING TIP AND ELEVATOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE LAKE SURFACE AND WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ON A HEADING 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE INITIAL LANDING DIRECTION.
NTSB investigation
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