I'd like to know how they landed fixed gear on water without flipping over a few times.
Not an easy task.
There are a LOT of small plane crashes every year. There are several small airports near where I live and there have been 6 or 7 crashes in the last few years. Suprisingly few deaths for the number of crashes around here.
It will be a good weekend for crashes with the race at MIS. Hight tension power lines very near the airport with lots of inbound and outbound traffic.
The books all say full stall landing just above the water. My flight instructor also pointed out that with the lack of visual cues, and the fear involved, most pilots would do it do high and go in nose first. Glad I have never needed to to try it for myself.
If you have 10 or 15 knots of wind, when it actually stalls just above the water your actual ground speed will be about 30 knots. When the gear hits the plane will nose into the water and not flip.