- Date
- July 25, 1978
- Place
- Kalamazoo, MI · KALAMAZOO, MI
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 30 minor, 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4825CConvair 580
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1979
- Case key
- 141646
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 78/7/25 KALAMAZOO,MI CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 1 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0702 N4825C PX- 0 2 38 33, 9479 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5022 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALAMAZOO MUNI OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAMAZOO,MI DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L ENG INGESTED FEMALE SPARROW HAWK,AUTOFEATHERED.ENG OUT PROCEDURES NOT FOLLOWED,FLEW INTO GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825C
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kalamazoo Muni
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