- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 22, 1962
Time: 2319
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Operator: Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Flight #: 323
Route: Honolulu - Nadi, Fiji
AC Type: Bristol Britannia 314
Registration: CF-CZB
cn / ln: 13394
Aboard: 40   (passengers:29  crew:11)
Fatalities: 27   (passengers:20  crew:7)
Ground: 0
Summary: Shortly after takeoff, a fire warning indication caused the pilot to feather the propeller on the No. 1 engine. Fuel was jettisoned, and the flight returned to Honolulu for landing approximately 40 minutes after departure. The three-engine landing approach appeared normal until the aircraft had proceeded beyond the runway threshold and had commenced its landing flare at an altitude of approximately 20 feet above the runway centerline. A go-around was attempted from this position and the aircraft banked and veered sharply to the left. Initial ground contact was made by the left wing tip approximately 550 feet to the left of the runway centerline. The aircraft progressively disintegrated as it moved across the ground, then struck heavy earth-moving-equipment parked approximately 970 feet from the runway centerline. The accident was caused by the attempted three-engine go-around, when the aircraft was in a full landing configuration, at insufficient airspeed and altitude to maintain control. The plane was named Empress of Lima.
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