What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft took off from richfield airport and planned on performing an off-field landing at koosharem reservior roughly 16.5 miles south-east from the richfield airport. As the aircraft departed the valley to the south the pilot decided to fly over manning meadow reservior to show his passenger. The pilot dropped altitude perform a low pass of the reservior and as the airplane was passed over the lake the tires caught a snow berm on the lake. The aircraft slowed down drastically and flipped over on the snow covered reservior and came to a halt inverted. The pilot and passenger were able to get out of the airplane under their own power.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RICHFIELD AIRPORT AND PLANNED ON PERFORMING AN OFF-FIELD LANDING AT KOOSHAREM RESERVIOR ROUGHLY 16.5 MILES SOUTH-EAST FROM THE RICHFIELD AIRPORT. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH THE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY OVER MANNING MEADOW RESERVIOR TO SHOW HIS PASSENGER. THE PILOT DROPPED ALTITUDE PERFORM A LOW PASS OF THE RESERVIOR AND AS THE AIRPLANE WAS PASSED OVER THE LAKE THE TIRES CAUGHT A SNOW BERM ON THE LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN DRASTICALLY AND FLIPPED OVER ON THE SNOW COVERED RESERVIOR AND CAME TO A HALT INVERTED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AIRPLANE UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.