Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 04 MRT 1966 |
| Tijd: | 20:15 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-43 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL |
| Registratie: | CF-CPK |
| Constructienummer: | 45761/237 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1965 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 1792 |
| Motoren: | 4 Rolls Royce 508-12 Conway |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 10 / inzittenden: 10 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 54 / inzittenden: 62 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 64 / inzittenden: 72 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) (Japan)
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| Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
| Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan | |
| Vluchtnummer: | 402 |
Canadian Pacific Flight 402 took off from Hong Kong (HKG) at 16:14 Japan Time for Tokyo (HND). Tokyo was a planned stop on the route to Vancouver, Canada.
At 19:08 the aircraft started its descent from FL250. Because of bad weather at Tokyo, a holding pattern was entered at FL140. At 19:42 the flight crew decided to wait for improvement for 15 minutes. Alternate destination was Taipei. Tokyo ATC reported the runway Visual Range (RVR) to be 2400 feet and cleared the aircraft for an approach. The aircraft descended to 3000 feet, but the weather had worsened again, forcing the crew to divert to Taipei. At 20:05 the flight had reached 11500 feet when Tokyo reported the RVR to be improved to 3000 feet. Tokyo cleared Flight 402 for another GCA approach to runway 33R. At one mile from touchdown the aircraft was 20 feet below the GCA glide path and was instructed to level off momentarily. The aircraft continued to descend however and struck the no.14 approach light, 2800 feet from the runway threshold. The plane then struck a number of other approach lights, crashed against a sea wall and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot misjudged landing approach under unusually difficult weather conditions." Bronnen:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.18 - Volume I Circular 96-AN/79
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport en Tokyo-Haneda Airport bedraagt 2861 km (1788 miles).
De afstand tussen Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport en Tokyo-Haneda Airport bedraagt 2861 km (1788 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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