Multiple Attempts At Takeoff Should Have Signaled That It Was Time To Think This Over...
The details published by the NTSB is their Preliminary Report about a July 27th Icon A5 crash contains a plethora of cautions that appear to have been ignored or gone unnoticed by the occupants of the aircraft. At about 1220 Eastern Daylight time, the amphibious, Icon LSA, N663BA, operated by the company and a company instructor, sustained 'substantial damage during an impact with trees shortly after departure from Littlefield Lake, Lake, Michigan.' The NTSB report explains that, the "...airplane was registered to and operated by Icon Aircraft Inc. as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight when the accident occurred. The Airline Transport pil