Accident description
Last updated: 12 December 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 8 March 1965 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Operator: | Fairways |
| Registration: | PI-C948 |
| C/n / msn: | 4892 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 31929 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mt Tangcong Vaca (Philippines) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL), Philippines |
| Naga Airport (WNP/RPUN), Philippines | |
| Flightnumber: | 43 |
The DC-3 crashed and burned on a thickly forested mountain slope at 1500 feet msl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Misjudgment of the terrain clearance which resulted to collision with trees."
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (32-35)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Manila International Airport to Naga Airport as the crow flies is 262 km (164 miles).
Distance from Manila International Airport to Naga Airport as the crow flies is 262 km (164 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
