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.
Prior to landing on the water, pilot failed to perform landing checklist and did not retract the landing gear into the floats. The aircraft capsized when pilot and passenger climbed out of the aircraft and onto the floats.
As the FAA filed it
PRIOR TO LANDING ON THE WATER, PILOT FAILED TO PERFORM LANDING CHECKLIST AND DID NOT RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR INTO THE FLOATS. THE AIRCRAFT CAPSIZED WHEN PILOT AND PASSENGER CLIMBED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ONTO THE FLOATS.