Cebu Pacific Flight 387
RP-C1507, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1997 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 2, 1998 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | Cebu Pacific |
| IATA flight No. | 5J387 |
| ICAO flight No. | CEB387 |
| Call sign | CEBU 387 |
| Registration | RP-C1507 |
| Flight origin | Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Stopover | Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, Tacloban, Philippines |
| Destination | Lumbia Airfield (formerly Lumbia Airport), Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
| Occupants | 104 |
| Passengers | 99 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 104 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 was a domestic flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila to Lumbia Airfield (formerly Lumbia Airport) in Cagayan de Oro. On February 2, 1998, the 30-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crashed on the slopes of Mount Sumagaya in Claveria. All 104 people on board died in the crash. It is the second deadliest air disaster in the Philippines after Air Philippines Flight 541, which occurred two years later.
The crash site is now a memorial, inaugurated on February 2, 2021, for the victims of the flight. The memorial is now part of a tourism complex in Misamis Oriental. The structure is 20 metres (66 ft) tall.