Could it have caught the arrestor cable a bit too fast? Happened to 'Winkle' at Farnborough when he was testing a Sea Fury, and the bit he was in not only got airborne, but he managed to land it!
One of the old assistants at Farnborough was a 'radio operator' when it happened, and he told me 'Winkle' said 'oh dear how annoying'!