# NTSB Accident MIA97LA199
> **Sloan RV-6** · 1997-06-28 · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, USA · NONE
## 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.

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