From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on amphibious floats with the wheels in the down position. Upon touching down the aircraft nosed over and the aircraft filled with water and sank with the floats holding the aircraft just below the surface.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS WITH THE WHEELS IN THE DOWN POSITION. UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THE AIRCRAFT FILLED WITH WATER AND SANK WITH THE FLOATS HOLDING THE AIRCRAFT JUST BELOW THE SURFACE.
Other reports on N945SP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.