Narrative:

While taking off on the runway; I advised on unicom that I was taking the active and departing straight out of the airport. While at rotation; I felt a bang in the back of the aircraft. I had thought my rudder had let go or something failed in the back. The aircraft was controllable and I elected to land at [a nearby class D] airport with tower permission. Upon shutdown and further inspection; I noticed that my rudder was damaged. I later found out that an aircraft landing behind me did not see me and damaged my rudder with his propeller. I had no idea until further investigation that this was the case.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After a CTAF takeoff announcement; a small aircraft pilot rotated and felt an airframe jolt; but the aircraft remained controllable. Upon landing at a nearby airport; the pilot discovered rudder damaged from another aircraft's propeller as it landed at the departure airport.

Narrative: While taking off on the runway; I advised on UNICOM that I was taking the active and departing straight out of the airport. While at rotation; I felt a bang in the back of the aircraft. I had thought my rudder had let go or something failed in the back. The aircraft was controllable and I elected to land at [a nearby Class D] airport with Tower permission. Upon shutdown and further inspection; I noticed that my rudder was damaged. I later found out that an aircraft landing behind me did not see me and damaged my rudder with his propeller. I had no idea until further investigation that this was the case.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.