It's depressing, but still quite interesting.
My summary would be:
- understood 'short'
- did not understand the effect of 'soggy'
- had been in and out of there before, and somewhere even shorter, so had a false sense of security
- even so, got airborne but had poor low speed handling skills
- failed to seek and pay attention to advice which might have protected him from his bad decisions
- overconfident, paid the price.
Also interesting is the apparent comment from his instructor:
He also spoke at length about the type of flying he should be doing to gain experience with
his new licence; it did not include any grass or performance limiting airfields.
Really?
Any grass airfields? Despite authorising a pre-test solo visit to Troutbeck? That strikes me as odd.
Troutbeck would be pushing it for me, for sure. It would have to be cold, a good headwind down the strip, with the grass short, very dry and firm, and the aircraft very light, before I'd even contemplate it, and even then, probably not for very long.