What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot-in-command was instructing the student pilot for his single engine sea rating. The two had performed ten amphibious landings that day, refueled and returned to the lake. On the eleventh amphibious landing the instructor felt the added resistance of the wheels down on touchdown as there was a nose down pitching moment prior to the aircraft inverting over its nose. The aircraft was now resting floats up in the lake. The student exited the aircraft followed by the instructor. Both pilots were picked up by a nearby boat. Neither pilot suffered injuries from the accident.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS INSTRUCTING THE STUDENT PILOT FOR HIS SINGLE ENGINE SEA RATING. THE TWO HAD PERFORMED TEN AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS THAT DAY, REFUELED AND RETURNED TO THE LAKE. ON THE ELEVENTH AMPHIBIOUS LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR FELT THE ADDED RESISTANCE OF THE WHEELS DOWN ON TOUCHDOWN AS THERE WAS A NOSE DOWN PITCHING MOMENT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT INVERTING OVER ITS NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW RESTING FLOATS UP IN THE LAKE. THE STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE INSTRUCTOR. BOTH PILOTS WERE PICKED UP BY A NEARBY BOAT. NEITHER PILOT SUFFERED INJURIES FROM THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.