Air Philippines flight 541
| Air Philippines flight 541 | |
|---|---|
 A similar Boeing 737-200 operated by Air Philippines |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Controlled flight into terrain |
| place |
Island Garden City of Samal , Davao del Norte , Philippines
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| date | April 19, 2000 |
| Fatalities | 131 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Boeing 737-2H4
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| operator |
Air Philippines
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| Mark |
RP-C3010
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| Departure airport |
Manila Airport , Philippines
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| Destination airport |
Francisco Bangoy International Airport , Davao City , Philippines
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| Passengers | 124 |
| crew | 7th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Air Philippines Flight 541 was a line domestic flight of the airline Air Philippines from Manila to Davao . On April 19, 2000, a serious accident occurred on this flight when a Boeing 737-2H4 (RP-C3010) was flown off-road on its approach to Davao . All 131 people on board were killed in the accident. It is the most serious aircraft accident in the Philippines.
plane
The aircraft concerned was a Boeing 737-2H4, which was finally assembled at the Boeing plant in Renton , Washington state and which made its maiden flight on January 19, 1978. The aircraft had the factory number 21447, it was the 508th Boeing 737 from ongoing production. The machine was built for GE Capital Corporation and delivered brand new to its leasing customer Southwest Airlines on February 2, 1978 , who commissioned it with the aircraft registration number N50SW . The Air Philippines took the machine on 16 March 1999 by the Southwest Airlines and left them with the new license plate RP-C3010 to. The twin- engined narrow -body aircraft was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines. By the time of the accident, the machine had completed a total of 68,475 operating hours, which accounted for 79,522 take-offs and landings.
Passengers and crew
124 passengers had started the flight from Manila to Davao City , there were seven crew members on board. Among the passengers was a 35-year-old man from Australia who was traveling with his Filipino wife and daughter. The family was based in Manila. It is not known whether there were other foreign passengers on board.
the accident
The plane took off from Manila at around 5:30 a.m. to fly to Davao City. When the aircraft approached the destination airport at around 7 a.m., a Douglas DC-9 of the Cebu Pacific was on the runway and was preparing for take-off to Cebu . Air traffic control gave the Boeing crew the instruction to fly on holding patterns. Shortly afterwards the machine flew into low-hanging clouds. While holding patterns were flown with the machine, it suddenly struck a coconut tree at an altitude of 500 feet above sea level , with part of the wing breaking off. The pilots tried to give full thrust, but could no longer avert a collision with the terrain. The machine crashed a few kilometers west of the airport in a coconut grove. The Boeing broke apart and burned out, killing all 131 occupants.
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- Accident report B-737-200, RP-C3010 in the Aviation Safety Network
- Company history B-737-200, RP-C3010 , planespotters.net
Coordinates: 7 ° 9 ′ 24 ″ N , 125 ° 42 ′ 3 ″ E