Mount Manunggal is the highest mountain in the island of Cebu located in Barangay Magsaysay in Balamban , Cebu province , rising above sea level . It is the site of the crash of the presidential plane '' Mt. Pinatubo '' which killed President Ramon Magsaysay and twenty-four others on March 17 , 1957 . An annual trek is held here to commemorate his death . The site is accessible through many trails but the trail from Tagba-o and at Cantipla in Tabunan , Cebu City is the main route from which the yearly Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Death Anniversary Climb is held
killed President Ramon Magsaysay
1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
Mount Manunggal