Originally Posted by
jallred6
Most of the Seattle aircraft on floats are Kenmore Air Beavers and Otters, which are not amphibians. From the OP, this incident was caused by a water bomber trying to skim the surface of the lake to pick up a load of water; because the pilot left the landing gear down, the gear dug into the water and flipped the aircraft over.
You are correct. It was an amphibian plane. I'm not certain if he was just going to skim the water to pick up water or land, pick up water, and then take off again. The point is moot since he left his landing gear down, which caused the plane to flip over.