Investigation Summary
Asian Spirit Flight 100 was a scheduled domestic service from Manila to Cauayan. At 9:19 am PST, the pilot reported his position as 96 km from the destination, estimating an arrival at 09:37 am due to favorable winds. There was no indication of mechanical distress. At approximately 09:30 am PST, while flying in clouds, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. The crash site was later determined to be approximately 77 km southwest of Cauayan Airport. The wreckage was located the following day, December 8, confirming that the aircraft was destroyed upon impact with no survivors.
Final Conclusions
The wreckage was located on a mountainside one day after the aircraft went missing. While the event is consistent with a collision with terrain, the provided records do not detail the official findings of a formal accident investigation or the specific contributing factors.
Video Analysis
No video analysis linked for this case file yet.
Airframe & Maintenance
Crew Experience
Captain
Rolando Salandanan. Former vice president for operations of Pacific Air.
Interesting Facts
- 01The aircraft was a Let L-410 Turbolet twin-engine commuter plane, MSN 851429 (also recorded as 89 22 28).
- 02The aircraft was manufactured in 1989.
- 03The crash site was located in a mountainous region in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, approximately 77 km from the destination.
- 04There were no survivors among the 17 people on board.
- 05The pilot, Rolando Salandanan, did not report any technical issues during the final radio transmission.