What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
According to the pilot, he departed from Kodiak municipal airport with one passenger on board. He was in a slow cruise/climb heading northbound. He made one right hand turn in a circle on the way to demonstrate the airplane's handling. The engine lost power briefly, the pilot immediately put the carb heat on and the engine came back to normal power. He then turned back towards the municipal airport to try to land at the airport. He turned the carb heat off and then back on again and the engine power went to idle. The power never resumed and I set the plane up for best glide speed. He tried to regain power by checking fuel, carb heat again, mixture, adjusting power, but it didn't work. No suitable landing sites appeared to be within gliding distance so we descended onto the water parallel to the shoreline. The airplane skimmed the water 100 yards before flipping over onto its back. The passenger and he exited the airplane, swam to shore and walked to the ft. abercrombie ranger station to call for help. A few minutes after, EMS and law enforcement personnel showed up.
As the FAA filed it
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED FROM KODIAK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. HE WAS IN A SLOW CRUISE/CLIMB HEADING NORTHBOUND. HE MADE ONE RIGHT HAND TURN IN A CIRCLE ON THE WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THE AIRPLANE'S HANDLING. THE ENGINE LOST POWER BRIEFLY, THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CARB HEAT ON AND THE ENGINE CAME BACK TO NORMAL POWER. HE THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO TRY TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT. HE TURNED THE CARB HEAT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE POWER WENT TO IDLE. THE POWER NEVER RESUMED AND I SET THE PLANE UP FOR BEST GLIDE SPEED. HE TRIED TO REGAIN POWER BY CHECKING FUEL, CARB HEAT AGAIN, MIXTURE, ADJUSTING POWER, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. NO SUITABLE LANDING SITES APPEARED TO BE WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE SO WE DESCENDED ONTO THE WATER PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. THE AIRPLANE SKIMMED THE WATER 100 YARDS BEFORE FLIPPING OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE PASSENGER AND HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE, SWAM TO SHORE AND WALKED TO THE FT. ABERCROMBIE RANGER STATION TO CALL FOR HELP. A FEW MINUTES AFTER, EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL SHOWED UP.
NTSB investigation
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