ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 PI-C527 Bacolod
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Date:Thursday 6 July 1967
Time:18:43
Type:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fokker F-27 Friendship 100
Operator:Philippine Air Lines
Registration: PI-C527
MSN: 10285
First flight: 1965
Total airframe hrs:4228
Cycles:3684
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Total:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Bacolod (   Philippines)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bacolod Airport (BCD/RPVB), Philippines
Destination airport:Mactan Island-Chicago Naval Air Base (NOP/RPVM), Philippines
Flightnumber: 385
Narrative:
The F-27 crashed into a mountain.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Poor judgement of the pilot in conducting a VFR flight over rugged terrain under IMC condition. Weather was a contributory factor."

Classification:
VFR flight in IMC
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Willem Wendt


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Distance from Bacolod Airport to Mactan Island-Chicago Naval Air Base as the crow flies is 120 km (75 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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.
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