The young ARFF World firefighter who does a great job with the firefighting aspect of aviation accidents had a useful video of the A36 N1550G 27 Aug 2020 takeoff crash at Benton Field in Redding California. He reported on the NTSB final report that determined the probable cause to be failure to correctly estimate the aircraft capabilities with four people on a 2,400' runway and failure to abort when things were not going well. While I think we all would agree with those two failures, it is all too common for pilots to continue with too high a pitch attitude when off in 700' on a 2,400' runway. While the ACS now calls for acceleration in ground effect to Vx or Vy as appropriate neither pitch attitude was appropriate here and the nose wheel was on the surface until pitch up at 700.' As instructors we need to help pilots with dynamic proactive elevator to safely pitch down, once the mains are off, in order to keep the fuselage level in low ground effect. That is difficult with just pilot and instructor in such a powerful airplane because it will quickly climb through low ground effect unless manhandled a bit. Unfortunately default may be to allow pitch up to Vx or Vy when the extra acceleration energy of low ground effect would be far safer and thus more appropriate.

When bad things happen and otherwise good pilots pull on the yoke in reaction to bad things, we who teach often say that is just a human reaction. No, unfortunately it is a taught reaction. We were taught that way so we teach that way. This is a poor excuse for not teaching a push reaction to find free energy to increase the potential of getting up. And we certainly will not get the startle push reaction until the push or at least let the airplane do what it knows best to do reaction becomes default. When the airplane is struggling, give it its head. The design of the airplane is to fly, not to stall. The airplane does not prefer climb, get up fast, pull to maintain altitude, etc. The airplane prefers to fly level or down hill. The airplane will maintain total energy if we let it.

Agree, sometimes airspeed is your friend. I often see crazy pitch attitudes on TO? For what, no obstacles, nothing. Rotate to a climb target and allow the airplane to fly at its speed. Its really more of an art form rather than a hard and fast number. Airplanes are really good at talking back to us if we really listen.