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Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1978 |
Time: | 07:02 |
Type: | Convair CV-580 |
Owner/operator: | North Central Airlines |
Registration: | N4825C |
MSN: | 380 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 53343 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kalamazoo, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kalamazoo International Airport, MI (AZO/AZO) |
Destination airport: | Detroit (unknown airport), MI |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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: "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 |
Report number: | DCA78AA019 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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photo (c) PATCO; Kalamazoo, MI; 26 July 1978
photo (c) PATCO; Kalamazoo, MI; 26 July 1978
photo (c) PATCO; Kalamazoo, MI; 26 July 1978
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