Date: | Saturday 2 March 1963 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
Registration: | PI-C489 |
MSN: | 32863/16115 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt. Boca -
Philippines
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Cotabato-Awang Airport (CBO/RPMC) |
Destination airport: | Davao City-Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO/RPMD) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 984 departed Cotobato at 09:40 for a 45-minute flight to Davao.
Nothing more was heard from the flight after a request for Davao weather. The plane was later found to have crashed into Mt. Boca at 3000 feet, 50 miles SE of Davao.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of the accident was due to navigational error, en-route and during let-down. Contributory factors were the limited visibility and the crosswind, all existing on the final phase of the flight."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume II, Circular 78-AN/66 (159-162)
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