What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The aircraft was on the take-off run on the ugashik river with a right cross wind of about 15 knots. With the aircraft on step with an airspeed of approximately 50 knots the aircraft would not respond to a right hand turn to stay in the river channel. With the river bank approaching and it being a cut bank the pilot initiated a climb attitude and lowered the flaps, the aircraft became airborne and hopped up on the bank landing in the willows and collided with several trees. The aircraft received damage to the float assemblies, right wing, stabilizer, and propeller. There were no injuries received.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE TAKE-OFF RUN ON THE UGASHIK RIVER WITH A RIGHT CROSS WIND OF ABOUT 15 KNOTS. WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON STEP WITH AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO A RIGHT HAND TURN TO STAY IN THE RIVER CHANNEL. WITH THE RIVER BANK APPROACHING AND IT BEING A CUT BANK THE PILOT INITIATED A CLIMB ATTITUDE AND LOWERED THE FLAPS, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND HOPPED UP ON THE BANK LANDING IN THE WILLOWS AND COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL TREES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE FLOAT ASSEMBLIES, RIGHT WING, STABILIZER, AND PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES RECEIVED.
NTSB investigation
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