"Really-Old-Fart" wrote in message
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In rec.aviation.piloting, on Fri 31 Aug 2007 11:26:15p, "Maxwell"
wrote:

Looks like he could have increased his odds a bit, if he had used the
rest of the runway, and/or stayed in ground effect a bit longer.

Well, considering the outcome, he couldn't have really decreased his odds.
Oh well, hindsight is 20/20, right?

Perhaps. Kind of depends on what caused the crash.

Unless he suffered some kind of reduction in power upon take-off, he had 10
seconds or so to remain in ground effect and keep building speed. If his
problem was indeed runway length, density altitude, gross weight and/or
downwind related - it could well have saved him.