What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft left mycc for kopf,weather at opf was VMC. 5 miles out PIC put gear down and ran landing check list and had amber lights indicating gear down and locked.PIC was cleared to land and after landing MLG collapsed and aircraft came to a stop on runway. . On 10/24/2011 maintenance recoverd aircraft and performed a operational test of the float landing gear system iaw the wipline model 8000 float service manual#1002554 and the nose and MLG system operated normally with the exception of the MLG uplock cockpit indication due to the l/h & r/h magnetic pins on the uplock carriage assy being broke due to the incident. The only other reported damage was to the floats. Floats were sent to amphibian plus for repair and a operation test of te MLG assy was performed satisfactory.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LEFT MYCC FOR KOPF,WEATHER AT OPF WAS VMC. 5 MILES OUT PIC PUT GEAR DOWN AND RAN LANDING CHECK LIST AND HAD AMBER LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.PIC WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND AFTER LANDING MLG COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY. . ON 10/24/2011 MAINTENANCE RECOVERD AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE FLOAT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IAW THE WIPLINE MODEL 8000 FLOAT SERVICE MANUAL#1002554 AND THE NOSE AND MLG SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MLG UPLOCK COCKPIT INDICATION DUE TO THE L/H & R/H MAGNETIC PINS ON THE UPLOCK CARRIAGE ASSY BEING BROKE DUE TO THE INCIDENT. THE ONLY OTHER REPORTED DAMAGE WAS TO THE FLOATS.FLOATS WERE SENT TO AMPHIBIAN PLUS FOR REPAIR AND A OPERATION TEST OF TE MLG ASSY WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY.