San Francisco – Manila – Singapore

On June 2, 1958 at 05:23 AM, San Francisco – Manila – Singapore experienced a crash involving Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, operated by Pan American World Airways - PAA, with the event recorded near Manila Metro Manila.

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

57 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 56 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 1.8%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 49, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from San Francisco, California to Singapore with numerous intermediate stops including Manila, The Philippines. It carried a crew of 8 and 49 passengers including one infant. At 21 23 hours (1 June) GMT the aircraft landed on Runway 06 at Manila. During the landing roll, the main landing gears of the aircraft collapsed. The aircraft skidded and swerved to the right until it finally settled on the right shoulder of the runway approximately 2 850 ft from the west end and 27 ft from the edge of the runway. One of the blades of No. 3 propeller flew off and penetrated the cabin area causing the death of one passenger and seriously injuring another. The aircraft was seriously damaged.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1023V, MSN 15923, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.5800°, 120.9855°.