# Incident 20110820020549I: Smith Dane E ZENITH CH 701, Piedmont, SC, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Piedmont, SC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7056° N, 82.4667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Piedmont, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7056&lon=-82.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5499, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5499) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Dane E ZENITH CH 701 (registry code 05629Q3, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-dane-e-zenith-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH DANE E ZENITH CH 701
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820020549I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UPON TAKE-OFF AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE 700 FOOT PRIVATE RUNWAY AND LANDED IN THE CANOPY OF THE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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