Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 7 February 1968
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-138B
Owner/operator: Canadian Pacific Air Lines – CPAL, lsf Standard Airways
Registration Number: N791SA
Location: Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 61
Component Affected: The aircraft itself.The aircraft itself.
Category: Accident
A flight, Flight 322, landed at Vancouver with zero visibility due to a flare malfunction and prior touchdown. The aircraft overran the runway and collided with parked aircraft, vehicles, and two buildings.A flight, Flight 322, landed at Vancouver with zero visibility due to a flare malfunction and prior touchdown. The aircraft overran the runway and collided with parked aircraft, vehicles, and two buildings.
Description
Visibility was zero when Flight 322 landed at Vancouver. Visual reference was lost after the flare and prior to touchdown; the aircraft overran the runway and collided with parked aircraft, vehicles and two buildings. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Failure to evaluate known terminal weather information and to discontinue the attempt to land.”
Primary Cause
Failure to evaluate known terminal weather information and to discontinue the attempt to land.Failure to evaluate known terminal weather information and to discontinue the attempt to land.Share on:
