Date: | Sunday 17 March 1957 |
Time: | 01:40 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas (Philippine Air Force) |
Registration: | 2100925 |
MSN: | 19388 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 27 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 35 km NW of Cebu -
Philippines
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | SF |
Departure airport: | Cebu-Lahug Airport |
Destination airport: | Manila-Nichols Air Base (MNL/RPLL) |
Narrative:Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay boarded his Presidential C-47 plane at Cebu for a flight back to Manila. The airplane took off at night.
While the plane was climbing, the spindle drive shaft of the right engine carburetor snapped, causing a power failure. The airplane flew into the slopes of Mount Manunggal.
Sources:
The Milwaukee Sentinel - Mar 17, 1957
1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&oldid=295896600 (last visited June 12, 2009)
Cebu - Reliving History by Climbing Mt. Manunggal Location
Images:
photo (c) Philippine Presidential Museum and Library; nr Cebu; March 1957; (publicdomain)
photo (c) National Museum of the U.S. Air Force; Korea; 3 -5 1951; (publicdomain)
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