Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 APR 1996 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Pacific Airways |
| Registration: | RP-C1154 |
| C/n / msn: | 177 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manila International Airport (MNL) (Philippines) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Twin Otter taxied across runway 13 at the Taxiway F1 intersection. At the same moment a Philippines Boeing 737 (EI-BZF) was taking off and collided with the Twin Otter. The 737 carried the Twin Otter for 130m before coming to a halt.
The aircraft was taxiing to the Pacific Airways hangar after passenger disembarkation at the GA ramp.
Sources:
» Scramble 204(51)
Photos
C-FDKK was sold as N7688 in 1985 and was bought by Pacific Airways Corp. in May 1989.
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.
