Ozamis City – Pagadian

On December 11, 1957 at 01:12 PM, Ozamis City – Pagadian experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Philippine Airlines - PAL, with the event recorded near Ozamis City Misamis Occidental.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.7%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At approximately 1310 hours PI-C55 took off from Ozamis City Airport for Pagadian on a scheduled flight with a pilot, nine passengers and two infants on board. Following a normal take-off and climb, the aircraft, at an altitude of 75 ft, was seen on a steep climb followed by a steep turn to the left. It then suddenly lost altitude, hit two trees and crashed in a nose-down attitude. Fire broke out immediately. The pilot and one passenger were killed, all 10 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PI-C55, MSN 168, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.1543°, 123.8429°.