While performing short, grass field takeoff, pilot of C172 discovered trees at end of short grass runway were taller than he was. Avoided an accident by diverting sideways to land in an adjacent field.

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Attributes
ACN	591363
Time
Date	200308
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jot.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 501
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 0.8 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	591363
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : took evasive action
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

During short field takeoff roll from 2400 ft grass landing strip aircraft was slow to liftoff. In order to avoid trees at end of runway, I banked left and landed in field to south of runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHILE PERFORMING SHORT, GRASS FIELD TKOF, PLT OF C172 DISCOVERED TREES AT END OF SHORT GRASS RWY WERE TALLER THAN HE WAS. AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT BY DIVERTING SIDEWAYS TO LAND IN AN ADJACENT FIELD.

Narrative: DURING SHORT FIELD TKOF ROLL FROM 2400 FT GRASS LNDG STRIP ACFT WAS SLOW TO LIFTOFF. IN ORDER TO AVOID TREES AT END OF RWY, I BANKED L AND LANDED IN FIELD TO S OF RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.