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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3A-197
    Construction Number:01926
    Last Civil Registration:PI-C942
    Latest Owner or Location:Filipinas Orient Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3A-197.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC16087.

    To unknown owner with c/r N60SA.

    Circa 30 November 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N560S (DC3A, 1926) issued.

    30 November 1964

    To Overseas Central Enterprises Inc, San Francisco, CA with c/r N560S.

    28 December 1964

    Civil registration, N560S, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r PI-C942.

    Written off.

    By 11 September 1965

    To Filipinas Orient Airways with c/r PI-C942 (Douglas DC-3A-197, 1926).

    11 September 1965

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 10 fatalities. There were 74,853 hours on the airframe at the time. The domestic scheduled passenger flight departed Cebu Airport (CEB/RPVM), Philippines and was destined for Bacolod Airport (BCD/RPVB), Philippines. The accident occurred at Mt Kantakan (Philippines) while en route. Narrative: Filipinas Orient Flight 60 was a scheduled domestic flight from Lahug Airport, Cebu City, to Bacolod Airport. It departed Lahug Airport at 15:19 on a VFR flight plan and six minutes later it made contact with Cebu Control Tower giving its ETA at Bacolod as 15:55...
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