# Accident 19970510009721A: Cessna 182, Ogden, UT, May 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1997, 12:42 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1193° N, 112.0609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1193&lon=-112.0609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5434B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5434B-1998-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970510009721A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT OF 2 LOST SIGHT OF OTHER 182 FLEW UNDER PA28 N527OT THEN PULLED UP SHARPLY TO IMPACT. IMPANNAGE WAS DESTORYED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5270T, Piper PA28R200: [Accident 19970510009722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970510009722A)

## 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 SEA97FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97FA105), May 10, 1997: Cessna 182 (N5434B), Clinton, UT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Inadequate prior arrangements for formation flight by the pilot-in-command of the Cessna 182, N5434B, and his subsequent failure to see-and-avoid the Piper PA-28R, N5270T. Factors were: the Cessna…

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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