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For unknown reason, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach in Cebu City. The aircraft was written off but there were no casualties.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DL near Bacolod: 24 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1946

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Registration:

42-23619

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Cebu City – Iloilo City

MSN:

9481

YOM:

1943

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Circumstances:

Radio communications with the crew were lost while the aircraft was flying in heavy rain falls vertical to Negros Island. As it failed to arrive in Iloilo, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 24 occupant was found. The wreckage was spotted by walkers seven months later in a mountainous and wooded area located east of Bacolod.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.