# Accident 19970628016259A: Amtr RV6, Muscle Shoals, AL, June 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1997, 10:15 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7505° N, 87.6992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7505&lon=-87.6992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N626BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N626BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sloan Alex RV-6 (registry code 05625D9, https://openairdocs.org/model/sloan-alex-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 661 total, 127 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970628016259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA199), Jun 28, 1997: Sloan RV-6 (N626BA), Muscle Shoals, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the 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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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