What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Contacted lake Hood tower via radio (126.8) and requested departure on the left waterway runway west at lake Hood. ATC cleared privacy data omitted for a normal departure with ATIS information. privacy data omittedReplied back to tower instructions and declared an external load then proceeded for takeoff. Recorded airport video displays the aircraft airborne and in a high pitch attitude until privacy data omitted lowered the nose. Once the nose was lowered, the airman claimed that he was completely blinded by the sun and was disorientated then loss control of the airplane. The airplane was headed straight for gull island as it lost altitude and crashed. The floatplane?s right float hit the eastside of the island and flipped over. privacy data omitted Had secured an external load (2? X 10? X 12? Board) on the right hand main strut above the float.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED LAKE HOOD TOWER VIA RADIO (126.8) AND REQUESTED DEPARTURE ON THE LEFT WATERWAY RUNWAY WEST AT LAKE HOOD. ATC CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A NORMAL DEPARTURE WITH ATIS INFORMATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^REPLIED BACK TO TOWER INSTRUCTIONS AND DECLARED AN EXTERNAL LOAD THEN PROCEEDED FOR TAKEOFF. RECORDED AIRPORT VIDEO DISPLAYS THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND IN A HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE UNTIL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE NOSE. ONCE THE NOSE WAS LOWERED, THE AIRMAN CLAIMED THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY BLINDED BY THE SUN AND WAS DISORIENTATED THEN LOSS CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR GULL ISLAND AS IT LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED. THE FLOATPLANE?S RIGHT FLOAT HIT THE EASTSIDE OF THE ISLAND AND FLIPPED OVER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SECURED AN EXTERNAL LOAD (2? X 10? X 12? BOARD) ON THE RIGHT HAND MAIN STRUT ABOVE THE FLOAT.
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