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(-23) WITH A QUARTERING LEFT TAILWIND PILOT INITIATED A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. AS AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED IT DRIFTED OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A FENCE JUST AS IT WAS BECOMING AIRBORNE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRCRAFT N33116, A PIPER J3C-65, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AND ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF FROM GE27. GE27 IS A PRIVATELY OWNED AIRPORT WITH ONE RUNWAY, 09/27, 2800' X 80' TURF WITH A WIND INDICATOR LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 09 AND ROLLED TO APPROXIMATELY 500' FROM THE FAR END OF RUNWAY 09 AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AROUND AND ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27. THE WIND INDICATOR SHOWED A SLIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND FROM THE LEFT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SOLO AND THEREFORE FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE AFT SEAT POSITION AS IS REQUIRED PER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED WHICH REQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT TO REMAIN IN A THREE POINT POSITION WHICH WOULD RESTRICT THE FORWARD VIEW DURING THE TAKEOFF. CENTER RUNWAY POSITION IS MAINTAINED BY LOOKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS PROCEDURE IS NORMALLY SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. HE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT ON THE GROUND DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. ONCE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BECAME AIRBORNE AND STILL IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WITH NO FORWARD VISIBILITY, THE WIND DRIFTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND ALLOWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO IMPACT FENCE POSTS AND FENCING THAT WERE RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO MAINTAIN SITUATION AWARENESS OF HIS CURRENT POSITION DURING THE TAKEOFF PROCEDURE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.