# NTSB Accident SEA97LA048
> **Piper PA-28-161** · 1997-01-12 · SUN RIVER, OR, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA048
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07363
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-01-12
- **Location:** SUN RIVER, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.100849, -123.229637
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-161
- **Registration:** N8414B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

inadvertent VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above moutainous/wooded terrain.  Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, adverse weather conditions, and the proximity of mountainous terrain.

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