Harper, OR, USA
N208AP
Taylorcraft F19
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The pilot said that he was departing from a private, soft, dirt airstrip. He asked the airstrip's owner for his departure recommendation, which was to stay on the left side of the 12-foot-wide airstrip. Immediately after liftoff, the left wing tip struck a tree branch, and the airplane rotated 90 degrees as it fell to the ground. The outboard 3 feet of the left wing was crushed by the impact and the fuselage, firewall, and rudder were wrinkled and/or bent.
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree during the takeoff initial climb.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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