PORT SULPHUR, LA, USA
N5513E
CESSNA A185F
THE PLT STATED HE INITIATED HIS WATER TAKEOFF RUN ON A CANAL WHICH HAD A LEFT BEND. WHEN HE ROUNDED THE BEND HE OBSERVED A 15-20 FOOT HIGH PILING (POST) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CANAL AND A PENINSULA OF LAND ABOUT 300 YARDS BEYOND THE PILING. HE STEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE PILING AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF RUN ROTATING FOR TAKEOFF WITHIN 50 FT OF THE PENINSULA. THE NOSE LIFTED, HOWEVER, THE REAR END OF THE ACFT'S FLOATS CONTACTED THE GROUND AND PITCHED THE NOSE TO A DOWNWARD POSITION. THE ACFT THEN FLIPPED INVERTED AND STOPPED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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