What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While enroute from lhd to lake clark, AK., pilot had completed a couple of beach landings near Drift River on the western shore of the cook inlet. After a sucessful takeoff from the beach, aircraft proceded south until pilot decided to attempt a landing on the tundra grass. Initial plan was to make a roll-on landing at speed to check the firmness of the tundra. As the pilot touched down on the tundra, he stated that he felt the ground was firm enough for a landing. As the aircraft slowed to a non-flying speed, the aircraft settled into the wet, soft tundra grass and speed decreased rapidly at which point the aircraft sunk into soft tundra grass and flipped over, completely inverted. The pilot was able to exist the aircraft without injury and activate the a/c ELT. He was rescued by Alaska state trooper helicopter approx 4 hours later.
NTSB classified this as an incident due to no structural damage, hence no NTSB id number provided.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ENROUTE FROM LHD TO LAKE CLARK, AK., PILOT HAD COMPLETED A COUPLE OF BEACH LANDINGS NEAR DRIFT RIVER ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE COOK INLET. AFTER A SUCESSFUL TAKEOFF FROM THE BEACH, AIRCRAFT PROCEDED SOUTH UNTIL PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE TUNDRA GRASS. INITIAL PLAN WAS TO MAKE A ROLL-ON LANDING AT SPEED TO CHECK THE FIRMNESS OF THE TUNDRA. AS THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TUNDRA, HE STATED THAT HE FELT THE GROUND WAS FIRM ENOUGH FOR A LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A NON-FLYING SPEED, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE WET, SOFT TUNDRA GRASS AND SPEED DECREASED RAPIDLY AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO SOFT TUNDRA GRASS AND FLIPPED OVER, COMPLETELY INVERTED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIST THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND ACTIVATE THE A/C ELT. HE WAS RESCUED BY ALASKA STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER APPROX 4 HOURS LATER.
NTSB CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, HENCE NO NTSB ID NUMBER PROVIDED.
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