WINTER HAVEN, FL, USA
N737LZ
CESSNA 172
THE ACFT LANDED ON GLASSY WATER IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND NOSED OVER. THE CFI WHO WAS CHECKING OUT AN APPLICANT FOR A SEAPLANE RATING SAID HE WAS PREPARING TO CALL FOR OR ACTUALLY PULLED THE NOSE UP AS THE ACFT FLOATS HIT THE WATER AND WENT UNDER. ACCORDING TO THE CFI THE WATER HAD ABRUPTLY CHANGED TO A GLASSY CONDITION AS THEY FLARED FOR THE LANDING.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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