is more than capable of handling 5 POB, camera equipment and 400lbs of Jet A1, even at 7000’ AMSL, Out of Ground Effect.
Aviator 609,
The definition of "capable" and "safe" is subjective.
If the best/safest/only course of action that could be taken was to gently shove the payload into the long grass and eject the passengers then it was a capable machine.
But would the passengers agree as they watched it fly away?
Another point.
Should the certification of nose brackets include a requirement for payload ground clearance and a restriction on upslope landings?
Does the somewhat buried payload require a lower tail down attitude to escape the upslope?
Mickjoebill