 A Philippine F-27, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 6, 1967 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather |
| Site | Mount Kanlaon, Negros Occidental, Philippines |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 |
| Operator | Philippine Air Lines |
| Registration | PI-C527 |
| Flight origin | Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Bacolod, Philippines |
| Destination | Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, Philippines |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 21 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Philippine Airlines Flight 385 was a domestic flight operated by Philippine Air Lines that crashed en route to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, on July 6, 1967.
On July 6, 1967, the flight departed from Bacolod at 18:33 PHT flying to Mactan. 10 minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions with low visibility, the aircraft struck the slopes of Mount Kanlaon, 34 km southeast of Bacolod Airport, killing everyone on board.
The wreckage was found several hours later.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship manufactured in November 1965 (c/n 10285) and was registered as PH-FIC before being delivered to Philippine Air Lines two weeks later and re-registered as PI-C527.
It had 4,228 flight hours over 3,684 flight cycles at the time of the crash.
Cause
The probable cause was determined to be controlled flight into terrain. The crew were flying under visual flight rules in poor weather conditions with low clouds and visibility requiring a flight under instruments.
References
- "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 PI-C527 Bacolod". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 100 on Mt Kanlaon: 21 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- "ACCIDENT DETAILS". www.planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- "Civil Database". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- "PI-C527 Philippine Airlines Fokker F-27-100 - PlaneLogger". planelogger.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1967 (1967) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 14 Aeroflot Flight 5003Feb 16 Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708Feb 28 Philippine Air Lines Flight 345Mar 5 Lake Central Airlines Flight 527Mar 5 Varig Flight 837Mar 9 TWA Flight 553Mar 10 West Coast Airlines Flight 720Mar 13 South African Airways Flight 406Mar 30 Delta Air Lines Flight 9877Apr 11 Air Algérie DC-4 crashApr 20 Nicosia Globe Air Bristol Britannia crashJun 3 Air Ferry DC-4 accidentJun 4 Stockport air disasterJun 23 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40Jun 30 Thai Airways International Flight 601Jul 6 Philippine Air Lines Flight 385Jul 19 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22Aug 27 Lake Erie skydiving disasterSep 5 ČSA Flight 523Oct 12 Cyprus Airways Flight 284Nov 4 Iberia Flight 062Nov 6 TWA Flight 159Nov 15 X-15 Flight 3-65-97Nov 16 Aeroflot Flight 2230Nov 20 TWA Flight 128Dec 8 Faucett Perú Douglas C-54 crashDec 30 Aeroflot Flight L-51 | |
| 1966 ◄ ► 1968 |