All four agreed that in the second half of the attempted take-off the nose wheel was brought back on to the runway.
The pilot had difficulty lifting the nose wheel below 160 mph (257 km/h).
Its nose wheel collapsed and its hull and righthand engine were damaged, but no injuries were reported.
The fuselage was now wider and incorporated a retractable nose wheel.
The paraglider made a hard landing that crumpled the nose wheel.
The wheels retract above the floats for water operations and in ground operations the nose wheel is fully steerable.
Nose wheel steering is electronically controlled by the rudder pedals, utilizing the synchro principle.
The aircraft has conventional nose wheel steering connected to the rudder pedals.
