THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AND DECAYING RPM AND DECIDED TO LAND SHORT OF DESTINATION WHICH WAS 10 MILES AWAY. AFTER SURVEYING A POND FOR LANDING, THE RPM WAS 600 AND THE LANDING WAS HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE FLOATS. AS INSPECTION REVEALED A BLOCKAGE IN THE FUEL LINES.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

Contributing Factors

TERRAIN CONDITION..WATER,GLASSY

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