What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During cruise flight from hwo to 2IS/Clewiston, FL at 2500 feet northbound, aircraft began to loose power pilot switched tanks during decent called other aircraft to place mayday call for him, made approcah to levy road via cow pasture. During approcah aircraft struck power line decended to ground and struck barbed wire fence breaking 3 fence posts off. Aircraft crossed road struck levy bank with primarily left main gear first heading northwest at that time, flew into air clearing 20 foot levy, came down on other side of levy and continued to canal where it landed in water on opposite side of canal/west bank. Pilot egressed aircaft through broken rear window with assistance from 2 men that knew aircraft had gone in water. Pilot left aircraft uninjured. Local sheriff on scene shortly.
As the FAA filed it
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM HWO TO 2IS/CLEWISTON, FL AT 2500 FEET NORTHBOUND, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER PILOT SWITCHED TANKS DURING DECENT CALLED OTHER AIRCRAFT TO PLACE MAYDAY CALL FOR HIM, MADE APPROCAH TO LEVY ROAD VIA COW PASTURE. DURING APPROCAH AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINE DECENDED TO GROUND AND STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE BREAKING 3 FENCE POSTS OFF. AIRCRAFT CROSSED ROAD STRUCK LEVY BANK WITH PRIMARILY LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST HEADING NORTHWEST AT THAT TIME, FLEW INTO AIR CLEARING 20 FOOT LEVY, CAME DOWN ON OTHER SIDE OF LEVY AND CONTINUED TO CANAL WHERE IT LANDED IN WATER ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CANAL/WEST BANK. PILOT EGRESSED AIRCAFT THROUGH BROKEN REAR WINDOW WITH ASSISTANCE FROM 2 MEN THAT KNEW AIRCRAFT HAD GONE IN WATER. PILOT LEFT AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. LOCAL SHERIFF ON SCENE SHORTLY.
NTSB investigation
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