HOLLYWOOD, FL, USA
N8001E
LAKE LA-4-200
AFTER ARRIVING AT SOUTH LAKE, THE PLT MADE A WATER LANDING ON A WESTERLY HEADING. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A STEP-LANDING & AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE ACFT TRAVELED ABOUT 100 FT, THEN THE CONTROL YOKE WAS JERKED FROM HIS HANDS. HE & THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THE NOSE COLLAPSED & THE ACFT FLIPPED OVER. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE DISTINCTLY REMEMBERED OBSERVING THAT THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE NOSE & LEFT MAIN GEAR WERE FOUND IN THE UP & LOCKED POSITION. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS UNLOCKED, BUT IT WAS DAMAGED. THE RIGHT WING FLOAT HAD SEPARATED, ITS MOUNTING BRACKETS WERE BENT AFT & INBOARD. ALSO, THE OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING WAS DEFORMED UPWARD & AFT. ABOUT 10 MI NORTH AT FT LAUDERDALE, FL, THE 1342 EDT WIND WAS FROM 120 DEG AT 9 KTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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