Cagayan de Oro – Butuan City
Flight / Schedule
Cagayan de Oro – Butuan City
Aircraft
Cessna 500 CitationRegistration
RP-C1500
MSN
500-0225
Year of Manufacture
1974
Operator
Airspan CorporationDate
February 1, 1997 at 12:00 AM
Type
CRASHFlight Type
Positioning
Flight Phase
Flight
Crash Site
Mountains
Crash Location
Mt Balatukan Misamis Oriental
Region
Asia • Philippines
Coordinates
8.7498°, 124.9758°
Crash Cause
Human factor
Narrative Report
On February 1, 1997 at 12:00 AM, Cagayan de Oro – Butuan City experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Airspan Corporation, with the event recorded near Mt Balatukan Misamis Oriental.
The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.
2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.
Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.
The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Cagayan de Oro Airport, while climbing to a height of 8,000 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Balatukan located about 57 km northeast of Cagayan de Oro Airport. Both pilots were killed.
Aircraft reference details include registration RP-C1500, MSN 500-0225, year of manufacture 1974.
Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.7498°, 124.9758°.
Fatalities
Total
2
Crew
2
Passengers
0
Other
0
Crash Summary
Few minutes after takeoff from Cagayan de Oro Airport, while climbing to a height of 8,000 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Balatukan located about 57 km northeast of Cagayan de Oro Airport. Both pilots were killed.
Cause: Human factor
Occupants & Outcome
Crew On Board
2
Passengers On Board
0
Estimated Survivors
0
Fatality Rate
100.0%
Known people on board: 2
Operational Details
Schedule / Flight
Cagayan de Oro – Butuan City
Operator
Airspan CorporationFlight Type
Positioning
Flight Phase
Flight
Crash Site
Mountains
Region / Country
Asia • Philippines
Aircraft Details
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