26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter – PI-C56
Crashed in a forest some forty miles south of its planned course, killing the pilot and the sole passenger. Reportedly, the passenger w...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) – PI-C126
The no. 1 engine failed immediately after takeoff from Cebu runway 03. The aircraft crashed in the Talamban neighbourhood and burned 2,...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3C – PI-C133
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 hav...
26
Mar
Grumman UF-1 Albatross –
Crashed into Mount Mariveles 40 miles west of Manila. Rear Admiral Arthur F. Spring (51), his wife, an accompanying officer and three c...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) – PI-C16
Bad weather at the intended destination Zamboanga forced the crew of the PAL DC-3 to divert to Cebu. Fuel exhaustion then forced the cr...
26
Mar
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 2 – PI-C430
The Twin Pioneer crash-landed following a training flight.
26
Mar
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 – N1023V
The Boeing Stratocruiser was on a flight from San Francisco to Singapore with some in-between stops. As the aircraft touched down at Ma...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3 – PI-C626
The DC-3 departed Manila for a non-scheduled flight to Cebu and a return flight via Marindugue, Iloilo and Bacolod. At 12:10 the flight...
26
Mar
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter – PI-C55
Climbing through 75 feet after takeoff, the Otter suddenly turned left and descended. The airplane hit two trees and caught fire. The ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 2100925
Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay boarded his Presidential C-47 plane at Cebu for a flight back to Manila. The airplane took off at ...