Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 23 November 1960
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator: Philippine Air Lines
Registration Number: PI-C133
Location: Mount Baco –
ÿ Philippines
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33
Component Affected: Airborne navigational equipmentAirborne navigational equipment
Category: Accident
A flight, Flight S26, crashed on November 30th near Mount Baco due to navigational errors. The aircraft was found to be wreckage on the eastern slope at 6000 feet AMSL, 32 miles west of the airway. The probable cause was a navigational error, exacerbated by adverse weather conditions, poor visibility, a 25-35 knot crosswind, and unreliable airborne navigational equipment.A flight, Flight S26, crashed on November 30th near Mount Baco due to navigational errors. The aircraft was found to be wreckage on the eastern slope at 6000 feet AMSL, 32 miles west of the airway. The probable cause was a navigational error, exacerbated by adverse weather conditions, poor visibility, a 25-35 knot crosswind, and unreliable airborne navigational equipment.
Description
Flight S26 departed Iloilo at 17:30 for a flight to Manila. Last position report from the crew was at 18:33. The plane was found to have crashed on November 30. The wreckage was found on the eastern slope of Mount Baco at 6000 feet amsl, 32 miles west of the airway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The probable cause of the accident was a navigational error. Contributing factors were: adverse weather conditions and poor visibility, a 25-35 knot crosswind coming from the east, unreliability of the airborne navigational equipment due to either atmospheric disturbance night and terrain effects and/or its possible malfunctioning”
Source of Information
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