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Seaplane pilot reported flaring too high and too slow on approach to a water landing; resulting in a bounced landing and damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1708094 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Seaplane or Amphibian |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Float |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 250 Flight Crew Type 75 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
During landing into a small lake; I encountered semi glassy conditions which prompted me to make an early flare and lost too much airspeed creating a bounce situation. Immediately applied full power to execute an immediate go-around but there wasn't enough airspeed which caused it to impact the water harder which caused the left float on the pilot side wing to dip into the water and break off as intended. No other significant damage was noticed. I perceived there were enough ripples in the water to judge the flaring attitude but apparently there wasn't and the glass water technique should have been applied in this instance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Seaplane pilot reported flaring too high and too slow on approach to a water landing; resulting in a bounced landing and damage to the aircraft.
Narrative: During landing into a small lake; I encountered semi glassy conditions which prompted me to make an early flare and lost too much airspeed creating a bounce situation. Immediately applied full power to execute an immediate go-around but there wasn't enough airspeed which caused it to impact the water harder which caused the left float on the pilot side wing to dip into the water and break off as intended. No other significant damage was noticed. I perceived there were enough ripples in the water to judge the flaring attitude but apparently there wasn't and the glass water technique should have been applied in this instance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.