Bird strike Accident Convair CV-580 N4825C, Tuesday 25 July 1978

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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kalamazoo, MI - United States of America
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: