Jonzarno
Not Pace, but that isn't right. There have been several (I think six) successful chute pulls over water and no serious injuries. Here's just one example:
This was a trans-Pacific ferry flight on which a valve on one of the ferry tanks jammed. As you can see, the pilot was unharmed.
And did you see how quickly the aircraft got dragged under the water, if the chute had turned the other way on touch down it would have dragged the aircraft with water flooding into the cabin and he would have drowned.