Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 322
Boeing 707-138B · Runway excursion
From Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 2 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 1
- Occupants
- 61
- Survivors
- 60
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 17
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 707-138B
- Flight
- CP332
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N791SA
- Operator
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)To Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Vancouver International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
On February 7, 1968, a Boeing 707 operating as Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 322 suffered a runway excursion and crashed into multiple parked aircraft, vehicles and two buildings while landing at Vancouver International Airport in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, killing a crew member and one person on the ground.
Accident
The aircraft departed Vancouver International Airport at 6:12 on February 6. The approach to Vancouver was completed in poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Following a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft landed 1,000 feet past the runway threshold and to the right of the centerline. After touchdown, the captain decided to make a go-around when they lost control. On the second touchdown, the starboard tires blew, causing the aircraft to slew right, veer off Runway 08, go through the tarmac and collide with and destroy four parked aircraft, several vehicles, a fence and two buildings. A fuel tank ruptured, causing a fire that killed one person and burned several cars parked nearby. 33-year-old flight attendant Martinus Verhoef and 44-year-old airport employee Elmer Nedcalf who was in the terminal building that was struck were killed, while 17 others were injured and 43 escaped unharmed. The aircraft was destroyed and written off.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The probable cause was failure to evaluate known terminal weather information and to discontinue the attempt to land.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 322
- Revision
- 1369420360 · 2026-08-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q65232532
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 322" (page 82398209, revision 1369420360)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.