Cebu City – Manila

On March 17, 1957 at 01:40 AM, Cebu City – Manila experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Philippine Air Force - Hukbong Himpapawid NG Pilipinas, with the event recorded near Cebu City Cebu.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

26 people were known to be on board, 25 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 96.2%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 21, passenger fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Christened 'Mount Pinatubo', the airplane departed Cebu City past 0130LT bound for the capital city, carrying journalist, members of the government and Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Republic of The Philippines. While climbing by night, the right engine lost power then failed. The crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Manunggal located about 35 km northwest of the Airport. Rescuers arrived on the scene in the early morning and a passenger, a journalist of the 'Philippine Herald' was seriously injured and evacuated while 25 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 2100925, MSN 19388, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.3286°, 123.9009°.