Philippine Air Lines Flight 385

Philippine Airlines Flight 385 was a domestic flight operated by Philippine Air Lines that crashed en route to Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, on July 6, 1967.

Philippine Air Lines Flight 385

A Philippine F-27, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	July 6, 1967
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather
Site	Mount Kanlaon, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F-27 Friendship 100
Operator	Philippine Air Lines
Registration	PI-C527
Flight origin	Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Bacolod, Philippines
Destination	Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, Philippines
Passengers	17
Crew	4
Fatalities	21
Survivors	0

On July 6, 1967, the flight departed from Bacolod at 18:33 PHT flying to Mactan. 10 minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions with low visibility, the aircraft struck the slopes of Mount Kanlaon, 34 km southeast of Bacolod Airport, killing everyone on board.

The wreckage was found several hours later.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship manufactured in November 1965 (c/n 10285) and was registered as PH-FIC before being delivered to Philippine Air Lines two weeks later and re-registered as PI-C527.

It had 4,228 flight hours over 3,684 flight cycles at the time of the crash.

Cause

The probable cause was determined to be controlled flight into terrain. The crew were flying under visual flight rules in poor weather conditions with low clouds and visibility requiring a flight under instruments.