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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lantz Stephen LAKE TAHOE SPECIAL · Nisswa, MN · July 19, 2026

Date
July 19, 2026 · 11:15 local
Place
Nisswa, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46PH
Reported as
Lantz Stephen Lake Tahoe Special
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
25,554 total384 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

The pilot with one passenger took a landing approach directly into the wind on a lake with his amphibious aircraft. The water landing checklist was run twice before final approach. After touchdown the aircraft inverted over its nose. The passenger egressed first followed by the pilot. The passenger was uninjured and the pilot sustained minor abrasions during egress. A nearby pontoon brought the pilot and passenger to a dock. Post-incident photographs show the aircraft’s landing gear extended.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER TOOK A LANDING APPROACH DIRECTLY INTO THE WIND ON A LAKE WITH HIS AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT. THE WATER LANDING CHECKLIST WAS RUN TWICE BEFORE FINAL APPROACH. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED OVER ITS NOSE. THE PASSENGER EGRESSED FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE PILOT. THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS DURING EGRESS. A NEARBY PONTOON BROUGHT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER TO A DOCK. POST-INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.