Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Ogden-Hinckley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Clinton, Utah 84015
Saturday, May 10, 1997 12:42 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot of the Cessna 182, N5434B, called departing as a flight of two behind the Piper PA-28R-200, N5270T, and was cleared by tower to depart as a flight of two. The passenger in the Piper reported that shortly before the two aircraft collided, he observed the high-wing Cessna 45 degrees aft and right of the low-wing Piper, well low, but then lost sight of the Cessna and did not regain sight of it before the collision. The line of sight from the Cessna to the sun just before the collision was computed to be approximately at the Cessna's 9:30 position, 65 degrees above the horizon, with the line of sight from the Cessna to the Piper at about the Cessna's 10:30 position and well high. The Piper pilot reported that at the time of the collision, he was looking at opposite direction traffic in front of and above the Piper. The Cessna's empennage separated and the Cessna crashed. The Piper was able to return to the departure airport and land. The Piper pilot reported that the Cessna pilot made no prior arrangements with him to fly in formation.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
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.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/10/1997 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1242 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | CLINTON |
| Event State | UTAH |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 84015 |
| Event Date Year | 1997 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | OGDEN-HINCKLEY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | OGD |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 6 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 214 |
| Airport Elevation | 4470 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1300 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 34 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OGD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4470 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 5 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 6100 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1007 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 10 1997 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1235 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 8 2000 12:17PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N5434B | N5270T |
| NTSB Number | SEA97FA105A | SEA97FA105B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | 182 | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 182 | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 33434 | 28R-7235211 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2550 | 2650 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 3 1997 12:00AM | Nov 1 1996 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 7 | 17 |
| Airframe Hours | 5723 | 4695 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GARY MCARTHUR | LEE T. SORENSON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1808 W. 3500 S. | 93 LAKEVIEW |
| Aircraft Owner City | W. VALLEY CITY | TOOELE |
| Aircraft Owner State | UT | UT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 84119 | 84074 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | KEITH E. MCARTHUR | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 2680 MOCK ORANGE DR. | |
| Operator City | SALT LAKE CITY | |
| Operator State | UT | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 84119 | |
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OGD | OGD |
| Departure City | OGDEN | OGDEN |
| Departure State | UT | UT |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1238 | 1238 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SLC | SLC |
| Destination City | SALT LAKE CITY | SALT LAKE CITY |
| Destination State | UT | UT |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |