- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 30, 1970
Time: 0930
Location: Chamblee, Georgia
Operator: Lehigh Acres Development Inc.
Flight #: 701
Route: Chamblee, GA - Fort Myers,FL
AC Type: Martin 404
Registration: N40412
cn / ln: 14116
Aboard: 33   (passengers:29  crew:4)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 5
Summary: There was a loss of power as the aircraft climbed after taking off from DeKalb Peachtree Airport. The plane touched down and slid along a highway for one-half a mile striking a automobile killing 5 people. Loss of effective engine power because of improper fuel having been placed in the tanks by relatively untrained personnel. A contributing factor was the flightcrew did not detect the error.
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