Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	25 JUI 1978
Heure:	07:02 EDT
Type/Sous-type:	Convair CV-580
Compagnie:	North Central Airlines
Immatriculation:	N4825C
Numéro de série:	380
Année de Fabrication:	1956
Heures de vol:	53343
Moteurs:	2 Allison 501-D13
Equipage:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 3
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 40
Total:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 43
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Kalamazoo, MI (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	En montée initiale (ICL)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Kalamazoo International Airport, MI (AZO/AZO), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Detroit (unknown airport), MI, Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	801

Détails:
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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