A C177 ABORTS ITS TKOF ATTEMPT AT 10 FT AGL AND SUFFERS A WINGTIP STRIKE DURING A RWY EXCURSION. PROP DAMAGE INCURRED ON TAXI BACK DURING A NIGHT OP AT A NON TWRED ARPT AT 12V; WV.

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TOOK OFF FROM 12V SHORTLY AFTER DOING COMPLETE PREFLT AND RUN-UP. ALSO CHKED RWY FOR DEER AND FOG. THERE WAS THICK FOG IN THE AREA; BUT IT WAS PATCHY. AFTER LINING UP FOR TKOF APPROX 1/2 THE RWY WAS VISIBLE WITH OUR LNDG LIGHT. RWY LIGHTS ONLY EXTEND TO 1/2 THE RWY (RWY 25). AFTER STARTING OUR TKOF ROLL APPROX 1/2 WAY FROM THE RWY WE RAN INTO A THICK PATCH OF FOG RESULTING IN ZERO VISIBILITY. BECAUSE THE RWY IS NARROW; IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WHEELS FROM FALLING OFF THE EDGE OF THE RWY WE (I AND MY INSTRUCTOR) PULLED THE WHEELS OFF THE GND TO CONTINUE OUR ACCELERATION WITH NO GND EFFECT. OUR SPD AT THE TIME WAS APPROX 50 KTS OR JUST OVER. WE WERE LOOKING FOR APPROX 60 KTS IN ORDER TO CLB; BUT FOUND THE PLANE UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. AFTER WAITING A FEW SECONDS WE TRIED TO CLB SINCE WE KNEW WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF RWY. WE WERE VERY RELUCTANT TO SET THE PLANE BACK DOWN SINCE WE WERE IN ZERO VISIBILITY. WE NEVER GOT A STALL BUZZER TO GO OFF; BUT THE PLANE DID BEGIN TO DECELERATE; WAFFLE; AND VEER TO THE L SO WE PUT THE NOSE DOWN AND LANDED ROUGH INTO TALL GRASS TO THE L AND BEYOND THE RWY. IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT THE L WING HAD STRUCK THE GND AND THE R TAIL HIT A RWY LIGHT. WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE RWY WE HIT A HOLE COVERED BY A PALLET RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 595572: WE HAD A VEHICLE DRIVE THE LENGTH OF THE RWY TO CHK FOR DEER AND VISIBILITY. WE TAXIED TO END OF RWY FOR PREFLT CHKS AND RUN-UP. THE PLANE ACCELERATED TO APPROX LIFTOFF SPD AS WE ENTERED AN AREA OF FOG WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AND LESS DENSE AIR. THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLB OR ACCELERATE OUT OF GND EFFECT. WE ABORTED TKOF BECAUSE OF KNOWN RISING TERRAIN; SHORTNESS OF REMAINING RWY AND LACK OF VISIBILITY; STRIKING L WING AND STABILATOR. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN WE DROPPED INTO A HOLE ALONGSIDE RWY WHILE ATTEMPTING A TAXIING RETURN TO THE RWY.