Aircraft Accident Investigation

Some few years ago my PI told me of an accident investigation on the west shore of Chilikoff Straight. It was a seasoned bush pilot who took off with 6 passengers in a Cessna 206, oversize tires, from the rockey slanting beach. Against the odds he got the plane in the air avoiding larger rocks but he was unable to climb out of ground effect. Two miles down the beach he encountered a fishing skiff pulled up on the beach above tide level. He sheered off one landing gear, and ground looped. The passengers were unhurt and attested to the pilot's great flying skill. My PI now acting as accident investigator asked the old timer, with all respect, why he did not just fly on out over the water. The pilot's response was, "Can't swim."