Aviation accident MIA97LA199

Name: aviation accident: Sloan RV-6 near MUSCLE SHOALS (1997-06-28)
Start: 1997-06-28
Location: MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, USA

NONE · Sloan RV-6 · 1997-06-28 · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, USA

Event

NTSB number: MIA97LA199
Event ID: 20001208X08204
Type: Accident
Date: 1997-06-28
Location: MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, USA
Coordinates: 34.750488, -87.699188

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: Sloan
Model: RV-6
Registration: N626BA
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

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.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown