At 0702 e.d.t. on July 25, 1978, a North Central Airlines, Inc., Convair 580, operating as Flight 801, crashed after takeoff from Kalamazoo Municipal Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Just as the airplane passed V1, a bird struck the left engine, and the left propeller autofeathered as the airplane lifted off. The airplane turned to the left and flew for 1 minute 19 seconds before it crashed into a cornfield. There were 40 passengers, including an infant, and a crew of 3 on board the aircraft. One crewmember and two passengers were injured seriously. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the captain to follow the prescribed engine-out procedures during instrument meteorological conditions, which allowed the airplane 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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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report - North Central Airlines, Inc., Convair 580, N4825C, Kalamazoo, Michigan, July 25, 1978


    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English