Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Dienstag 25 Juli 1978 |
Zeit: | 07:02 |
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)
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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 takeoff (just past V1). The prop autofeathered during lift-off. This caused the aircraft to turn left and crash in a cornfield.
Probable Cause:
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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 212 days (7 months) | Accident number: | NTSB/AAR-79-04 | Download report: | Final report
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accident date:
25-07-1978type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
accident date:
25-07-1978type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
accident date:
25-07-1978type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
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.