Malabang – Iligan

On February 21, 1964 at 04:00 PM, Malabang – Iligan experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Philippine Airlines - PAL, with the event recorded near Marawi Lanao del Sur.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 31 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 96.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 29, passenger fatalities: 28, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Malabang at 1540LT under VFR rules in good weather conditions. While overflying the Lanao Lake at an altitude of 2,300 feet, weather conditions worsened but the captain decided to continue under VFR mode. Approaching Marawi in poor visibility, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain and disintegrated on impact. A passenger survived while 31 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PI-C97, MSN 14944/26389, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.9059°, 124.1874°.