A Cessna plane owned by Mactan Aviation crashed in Barangay Dahican Monday morning, March 7, 2022.
The Cessna 150 plane with body number RPC9005 is said to be on its training flight from Davao to Mati and vice versa with one unidentified instructor pilot and one student pilot onboard when it crashed along Sitio Otso, Purok Bitan-agan around seven Monday morning.
A team from the Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office readily responded to the area around 7:45am after receiving the information from the Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office.
The rescuers however failed to find the flight instructor and the student pilot in the area upon their arrival. A check with the hospitals in the city showed that the two pilots did not seek any medical attention.
The crash area is said to be managed by Secdea Aviation. It was learned that the plane was taking off when it hit a mango tree and crashed.
Kyle Reyes of the Secdea Aviation told the Mati CDRRMO that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will be conducting an investigation on the incident. (CIO MATI)
