Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 2, 1963 (27 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 2, 1963 near Mt Boca Davao Oriental, Philippines with 27 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft flew into Mount...
- Date: March 2, 1963
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mt Boca Davao Oriental, Philippines
- Fatalities: 27
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft flew into Mount Boca in overcast weather during the descent toward Davao, a controlled flight into terrain.
Philippine Airlines Flight 984, a Douglas C 47 on a scheduled domestic flight from Zamboanga to Davao via Cotabato, lost contact while descending toward Davao on 2 March 1963. The wreckage was found on Mt Boca about 50 miles southeast of Davao Airport, and all 27 occupants were killed.