| Date: | Thursday 14 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
| Registration: | PI-C16 |
| MSN: | 13908 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Mindanao -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dipolog Airport (DPL/RPMG) |
| Zamboanga Airport (ZAM/RPMZ) |
Bad weather at the intended destination Zamboanga forced the crew of the PAL DC-3 to divert to Cebu. Fuel exhaustion then forced the crew to ditch their plane in shallow water, 40 yards off the Mindanao shore.
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