# NTSB Accident SEA97FA105
> **Cessna 182** · 1997-05-10 · CLINTON, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97FA105
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08011
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-05-10
- **Location:** CLINTON, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.119255, -112.060913
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182
- **Registration:** N5434B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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 pilot's visibility of the Piper impaired by the sun; restricted visibility for both aircraft due to low wing/high wing formation configuration; and the Piper pilot's attention diverted to other traffic.

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