Davao City – Iloilo City

On August 25, 2008 at 08:55 PM, Davao City – Iloilo City experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by Philippine Air Force - Hukbong Himpapawid NG Pilipinas, with the event recorded near Davao City Davao del Sur.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The four engine aircraft departed Davao City Airport at 2051LT on a flight to Iloilo City where members of the Presidential Security Group should be picked up for Manila. During initial climb, the crew was cleared to climb to 18,000 feet when the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea about 4 minutes after takeoff. The aircraft was destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 4593, MSN 4593, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.0858°, 125.6161°.