# Incident 20120805015909I: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Brainard, MN, August 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2012, 13:10 local time
- Place: Brainard, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N72WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72WK-2025-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cubcrafters CC11-160 (registry code 060006N, https://openairdocs.org/model/cubcrafters-cc11-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Cubcrafter CC340 (registry code 18050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cubcrafter-cc340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160
- Reported engine: CUBCRAFTER CC340
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,538 total, 15 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120805015909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

8/5/2012  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KBRD AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS CDT.  AIRCRAT ARRIVED OVER NORTH LONG LAKE MINNESOTA AT APPROXIMATELY 1310.  THE PILOT SCANNED THE LAKE FOR BOATERS AND FINDING THE LAKE CLEAR DECIDEDED TO LAND THE AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT ON NORTH LONG LAKE.  THE PILOT SET UP FOR LANDING AND STARTED THE DESCENT TO LAND.  THE PILOT SPOKE OUT LOUD TO HIMSELF, "GEAR DOWN LANDING", AND PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  FOR WATER LANDING THE PILOT SAYS OUT LOUD "GEAR UP WATER LANDING". WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WATER THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD.  THE PILOT KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TRIED TO SAVE THE LANDING BY PULLING BACK ON THE CONTROLS AND ADDING POWER.  THIS DID NOT HELP AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO NOSE INTO THE WATER AND FLIP OVER.  THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  A PONTOON BOAT SAW THE EVENT AND CAME TO HELP THE PILOT OUT OF THE WATER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WATER LATER IN THE DAY AND TOWED ON SHORE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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