Status:	Schlussbericht
Datum:	25 JUL 1978
Zeit:	07:02 EDT
Flugzeugtyp:	Convair CV-580
Fluggesellschaft:	North Central Airlines
Kennzeichen:	N4825C
Werknummer:	380
Baujahr:	1956
Betriebsstunden:	53343
Triebwerk:	2 Allison 501-D13
Besatzung:	Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:	Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 40
Gesamt:	Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 43
Sachschaden:	Zerstört
Konsequenzen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:	Kalamazoo, MI (USA)
Flugphase:	Anfangssteigflug (ICL)
Betriebsart:	Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:	Kalamazoo International Airport, MI (AZO/AZO), USA
Flug nach:	Detroit (unknown airport), MI, USA
Flugnummer:	801

Unfallbericht:
No.1 engine birdstrike (Sparrowhawk) during take-off (just past V1). The prop autofeathered during lift-off. This caused the aircraft to turn left and crash in a cornfield.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the captain to follow the prescribed engine-out procedures during instrument meteorological conditions, which allowed the aircraft to decelerate into a flight regime from which he could not recover. Contributing to the accident were inadequate cockpit coordination and discipline."

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