AN SMA LUSCOMBE HAS ENG FAILURE AS IT APCHS LNDG. THE SMA LANDS ON WATER AT THE END OF THE RWY AND FLIPS OVER. PROP IS BENT AND RUDDER IS DAMAGED.

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EMER REPOSITION FLT DUE TO THREAT OF FLOODING; PVT AIR STRIP TO HIGHER PVT AIR STRIP. ACFT NOT FLOWN FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS. ENG RAN ROUGH ON STARTING; CLRED AFTER WARM UP. TKOF NORMAL. 5 MI FLT LOST PWR ON PWR REDUCTION FOR LNDG. LANDED ON WATER ACROSS END OF RWY; FLIPPED OVER. POOR JUDGEMENT ON MY PART TO MOVE ACFT WHEN ENG DID NOT SEEM TO BE IN PERFECT CONDITION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THERE WAS MUCH FLOODING IN THE AREA THAT THE ACFT WAS LOCATED. THE OWNER OF THE ACFT WANTED TO MOVE IT TO HIGHER GND; AN ARPT JUST 5 MI AWAY. IT HADN'T RECENTLY BEEN FLOWN. A FUEL LINE FROM THE TANK WAS DETERIORATED ENOUGH THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE FUEL LINE. AS THE ACFT APCHED THE NEW ARPT; THE ENG QUIT. THE PLT HAD ENOUGH AIRSPD TO MAKE THE RWY AT THE NEW ARPT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THERE WAS STANDING WATER AT THE END OF THE RWY. PLT STATED HE WASN'T FAST OR SLOW. JUST RIGHT AIRSPD FOR LNDG. UPON TOUCHDOWN; THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND DAMAGED THE RUDDER AND PROP. THE ACFT IS A LUSCOMBE THAT THE PLT BOUGHT 48 YRS AGO AS A NEW ACFT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR SOME TIME AND TAUGHT MANY FAMILY MEMBERS HOW TO FLY. THE ACFT IS NOW BEING REPAIRED; BUT IS NOT IN FLYING CONDITION.