Date: | Monday 2 February 1998 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Owner/operator: | Cebu Pacific Air |
Registration: | RP-C1507 |
MSN: | 47069/175 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Total airframe hrs: | 73784 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 45 km NE of Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY) -
Philippines
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tacloban-D. Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC/RPVA) |
Destination airport: | Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY/RPML) |
Narrative:Cebu Pacific Flight 387 departed Manila at 09:16 for a flight to Cagayan de Oro. The flight made an unscheduled stop at Tacloban at 09:53 to deliver some spare tires for another Cebu Pacific DC-9 (RP-C1506) stranded at Tacloban. The flight left Tacloban again after 9 minutes for a 61-minute flight to Cagayan de Oro. Last radio contact was at 10:48 while flying at FL115 over Claveria.
Local residents heard an explosion around 11:00 near the 8200 feet high Mount Balatucan. The aircraft was reportedly two miles off course when it hit the mountain.
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 09.02.1998 (79)
Charles Cole
Manila Bulletin
Manila Times
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Bill Harms, Thomas Maurer, Mark Stephenson
Location
Images:
photo (c) Erik Oxtorp, via Werner Fischdick; Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL); July 1997
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