25 Years ago today: On 2 February 1998 a Cebu Air Pacific DC-9 crashed into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; killing all 104 occupants.
Date: | Monday 2 February 1998 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Operator: | Cebu Pacific Air |
Registration: | RP-C1507 |
MSN: | 47069/175 |
First flight: | 1967 |
Total airframe hrs: | 73784 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 99 / Occupants: 99 |
Total: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 45 km (28.1 mls) NE of Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY) ( |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Tacloban-D. Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC/RPVA), Philippines |
Destination airport: | Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY/RPML), Philippines |
Flightnumber: | 387 |
Narrative:
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 departed Manila at 09:16 for a flight to Cagayan de Oro. The flight made an unscheduled stop at Tacloban at 09:53 to deliver some spare tires for another Cebu Pacific DC-9 (RP-C1506) stranded at Tacloban. The flight left Tacloban again after 9 minutes for a 61-minute flight to Cagayan de Oro. Last radio contact was at 10:48 while flying at FL115 over Claveria.
Local residents heard an explosion around 11:00 near the 8200 feet high Mount Balatucan. The aircraft was reportedly two miles off course when it hit the mountain.