Philippine Airlines Flight 124
BAC One-Eleven-516FP · Runway overrun in bad weather, incorrect approach configuration
From Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM) to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 8 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 8
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 98
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 106 · 19 on the ground
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
BAC One-Eleven-516FP
- Aircraft type
- Bac ONE-ELEVEN-516FP
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- RP-C1193
- Operator
- Philippine Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Zamboanga International Airport (ZAM)To Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
Philippine Airlines Flight 124 was a domestic flight operated by Philippine Airlines that departed from Zamboanga International Airport, Zamboanga City to Manila International Airport, Manila.
On July 21, 1989, the aircraft skidded and overran Manila's Runway 06, losing its undercarriage and ran onto a motorway, striking vehicles and killing eight people on the ground. The aircraft was written off.
Accident
Philippine Airlines Flight 124 took off from Zamboanga in the afternoon and was uneventful until the approach at Manila, where the flight encountered poor weather conditions with strong winds and heavy rain.
On final approach, the pilots were informed by ATC that their glideslope was too high and that it was better to initiate a go-around. However, the captain insisted on continuing the approach, and the aircraft bounced and touched down late on Runway 06. Because of heavy rainfall, the brakes did not work effectively across the wet runway. Unable to stop with the remaining distance, the aircraft struck a concrete wall and lost its undercarriage before skidding onto the South Luzon Expressway, striking cars and coming to rest on a railroad track.
8 people were killed on the ground after being struck. The aircraft was written off.
Investigation and cause
Cause
The accident has been attributed to many factors, with errors by the crew exacerbated by the bad weather conditions at the time. The crew failed to initiate a go-around and follow warnings from ATC, and the aircraft landed too far down the runway that stopping distance was insufficient. Visibility and braking action was poor because of thick clouds and rain.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Philippine Airlines Flight 124
- Revision
- 1353487894 · 2026-05-10 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q124759144
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Philippine Airlines Flight 124" (page 76154033, revision 1353487894)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.