Iligan - Manila

On May 9, 1970 at 12:00 AM, Iligan - Manila experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Philippine Airlines - PAL, with the event recorded near Iligan Lanao del Norte.

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.

33 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 32 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 29, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The takeoff procedure from Iligan-Maria Christina Airport was attempted by zero visibility due to foggy conditions. For unknown reasons, the airplane was unable to rotate, overran and crashed on sandpile and rockspile. The copilot was killed while several passengers were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PI-C532, MSN 10311, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.1301°, 124.2149°.