Bacolod - Mactan

On July 6, 1967 at 06:43 PM, Bacolod - Mactan experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Philippine Airlines - PAL, with the event recorded near Mt Kanlaon Negros Occidental.

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

21 people were known to be on board, 21 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Bacolod Airport at 1833LT on a flight to Mactan. About ten minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Kanlaon located 34 km southeast of Bacolod Airport. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 21 occupants were killed. The crew was flying under VFR mode in IMC conditions when the accident occured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PI-C527, MSN 10285, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.4114°, 123.1325°.