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A Philippine Air Lines BAC 1-11 similar to the accident aircraft
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Accident | |
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Date | September 12, 1969 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Kulaike, Antipolo, Rizal on approach to runway 24 at Manila International Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | BAC One-Eleven |
Operator | Philippine Air Lines |
Registration | PI-C1131[1] |
Flight origin | Mactan–Cebu International Airport |
Destination | Manila International Airport |
Passengers | 42 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 45 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 2 |
Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 was a flight from Mactan–Cebu International AirporttoManila International Airport near Manila which crashed on 12 September 1969. The aircraft, a BAC One-Eleven, struck a mango tree on the hill in sitio Kulaike, Antipolo, Rizal, located 22 km (12 nmi) east of its destination while on a VOR approach to runway 24. Of the 42 passengers and five crew members on board, only one passenger and one flight attendant survived.[1] It was the deadliest aviation accident in the Philippines involving commercial aircraft until the crash of Philippine Airlines Flight 206 in 1987 and the deadliest involving a BAC One-Eleven until it was surpassed by Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 9 in 1977.[2]
The aircraft involved was a BAC One-Eleven Series 400 and made its first flight in 1966. It was the first One-Eleven to be delivered to Philippine Air Lines, arriving the same year. The aircraft had over 7,000 airframe hours and 6,445 flight cycles at the time of the crash.[3][4]
The aircraft crashed due to high turbulence in a heavy rainstorm along with poor visibility at night.
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969 (1969)
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Jan 6 Jan 13 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 Jan 18 Feb 18 Feb 18 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 Feb 24 Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 Mar 5 Mar 16 Mar 20 United Arab Airlines Aswan crash Mar 25 Apr 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 Apr 15 Apr 28 May 23 Jun 4 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704 Jun 23 Jul 12 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash Jul 26 Aug 3 Aug 29 Aug 31 Sep 9 Sep 12 Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 Sep 21 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801 Sep 26 Nov 19 Nov 20 Dec 3 Dec 8 Dec 11 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking | |
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