| Date: | Wednesday 7 February 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-138B |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL, lsf Standard Airways |
| Registration: | N791SA |
| MSN: | 17698/44 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 61 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) |
| Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
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."
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photo (c) Tom Grant; Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR); 07 February 1968
photo (c) Tom Grant; Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR); 07 February 1968
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