The flight was intended to fly to Malabang Airport[1] after arriving in Iligan before returning to Cebu.

When on approach, the aircraft crashed onto the side of Mount Gurain, a nearby mountain to the airport that was around 5000 feet high.

The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all 15 people on board the plane, 11 passengers and 4 crew, were confirmed dead.

The passengers were identified to be: The only foreigner during the flight was John Richard Wood from Australia - the rest were all Filipino.

[4] On December 19, five days after the crash, the wreckage was found, with ground troops reporting that some of the victims had missing limbs, and that others were badly burnt.