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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr RV-6 · Muscle Shoals, AL · June 28, 1997

Date: June 28, 1997 · 10:15 local
Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N626BA
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA97LA199
Reported as: Amtr RV6
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 661 total127 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N626BARegistered now · Sloan Alex RV-6S/N 20650 · Built 1995 Airframe modelSloan Alex RV-6 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Departing Private strip wing. Hit a hay bale. Had rotated to miss bale but failed. Cartwheeled to stop. (-23) pilot stated that on takeoff roll and as he went over a small slope (hill) in the runway and his nose came down giving him more visibility, he realized he was too FAR to the left. Gave full right rudder but not enough time for correction. Impacted hay bail.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTING PRIVATE STRIP WING. HIT A HAY BALE. HAD ROTATED TO MISS BALE BUT FAILED. CARTWHEELED TO STOP. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND AS HE WENT OVER A SMALL SLOPE (HILL) IN THE RUNWAY AND HIS NOSE CAME DOWN GIVING HIM MORE VISIBILITY, HE REALIZED HE WAS TOO FAR TO THE LEFT. GAVE FULL RIGHT RUDDER BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR CORRECTION. IMPACTED HAY BAIL.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB MIA97LA199Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMuscle Shoals, ALthe pilot's failure to see-and-avoid the bales of hay duirng the takeoff roll, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a bale at liftoff and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.Jun 28, 1997 · Substantial damage