What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was taking off from moraine creek on a part 91 lodge flight. The pilot stated he missed his rejected takeoff point due to being overly fixated on another aircraft in the same stretch of river and by the time he realized he missed his reject point and that he wouldn’t be airborne he was going about 58 mph, he immediately took action to slow the aircraft down and managed to get it down to about 30 mph prior to reaching the bank. The bank was about 2 feet high and upon impact it started damaging the floats. He finally came to rest about 30 feet up onto the bank with the aircraft nose down. He immediately shutoff power and fuel and began the process of getting everyone out of the aircraft. Nobody was injured. He had five customers and two guides(other passengers) on board with him. He said he was 140LBS under gross weight of the aircraft. He said he had about a 5-7 knot crosswind and no precipitation. They had briefed weather that morning in the daily company meeting and they get the weather from windy and foreflight, there had also been a previous takeoff from that location that day.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM MORAINE CREEK ON A PART 91 LODGE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE MISSED HIS REJECTED TAKEOFF POINT DUE TO BEING OVERLY FIXATED ON ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE SAME STRETCH OF RIVER AND BY THE TIME HE REALIZED HE MISSED HIS REJECT POINT AND THAT HE WOULDN’T BE AIRBORNE HE WAS GOING ABOUT 58 MPH, HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK ACTION TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND MANAGED TO GET IT DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MPH PRIOR TO REACHING THE BANK. THE BANK WAS ABOUT 2 FEET HIGH AND UPON IMPACT IT STARTED DAMAGING THE FLOATS. HE FINALLY CAME TO REST ABOUT 30 FEET UP ONTO THE BANK WITH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUTOFF POWER AND FUEL AND BEGAN THE PROCESS OF GETTING EVERYONE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. NOBODY WAS INJURED. HE HAD FIVE CUSTOMERS AND TWO GUIDES(OTHER PASSENGERS) ON BOARD WITH HIM. HE SAID HE WAS 140LBS UNDER GROSS WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE SAID HE HAD ABOUT A 5-7 KNOT CROSSWIND AND NO PRECIPITATION. THEY HAD BRIEFED WEATHER THAT MORNING IN THE DAILY COMPANY MEETING AND THEY GET THE WEATHER FROM WINDY AND FOREFLIGHT, THERE HAD ALSO BEEN A PREVIOUS TAKEOFF FROM THAT LOCATION THAT DAY.
NTSB investigation
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