What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During interview, with the pilotprivacy data omitted, he stated that he had been practicing glassy water landings. While trying to land, he was running out of lake to perform the landing. In order to get down quicker he increased his descent rate. The plane hit the water hard and started to porpoise. On the third bounce the left float nosed into water. The approach and landing maneuver caused the plane to flip over and settled in the lake upside down. The pilotprivacy data omitted crawled out of cabin and climbed on top of the belly of the plane and waited about 5 hrs. Until island air taxi service spotted the aircraft with him and reported the incident for rescue.
As the FAA filed it
DURING INTERVIEW, WITH THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING GLASSY WATER LANDINGS. WHILE TRYING TO LAND, HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF LAKE TO PERFORM THE LANDING. IN ORDER TO GET DOWN QUICKER HE INCREASED HIS DESCENT RATE. THE PLANE HIT THE WATER HARD AND STARTED TO PORPOISE. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE LEFT FLOAT NOSED INTO WATER. THE APPROACH AND LANDING MANEUVER CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLIP OVER AND SETTLED IN THE LAKE UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRAWLED OUT OF CABIN AND CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE BELLY OF THE PLANE AND WAITED ABOUT 5 HRS. UNTIL ISLAND AIR TAXI SERVICE SPOTTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH HIM AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT FOR RESCUE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.