| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1978 |
| Time: | 07:02 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-580 |
| Operator: | North Central Airlines |
| Registration: | N4825C |
| MSN: | 380 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 53343 |
| Engines: | 2 Allison 501-D13 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Kalamazoo, MI ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kalamazoo International Airport, MI (AZO/AZO), United States of America |
| Detroit (unknown airport), MI, United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 801 |
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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accident date: 25-07-1978
type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
accident date: 25-07-1978
type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
accident date: 25-07-1978
type: Convair CV-580
registration: N4825C
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