What happened
Following a local flight lasting approximately one hour, the two pilots decided to visit a grass airstrip they had previously observed from the air. The strip featured a north/south oriented runway, and the crew landed on runway 18. During the approach, the pilot-in-command noted that the runway surface was uphill. Upon landing, wind socks indicated calm conditions.
The crew elected to depart using runway 36, with the pilot-in-command performing a short-field takeoff. As the aircraft crossed a road at the northern end of the field, it failed to clear the tree line. The aircraft struck the top of the first tree, and the propeller made contact with a second tree. Additionally, the inboard right wing of the unspecified aircraft struck a larger tree.
At a location approximately 10 miles north of the accident site, reported winds were from 150 degrees at 9 knots.