| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 10, 1937 |
| Time: | 0440 |
| Location: | Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 7 |
| Route: | Chicago - Daytona |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-2 |
| Registration: | NC-13739 |
| cn / ln: | 1289 |
| Aboard: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane struck a power pole while taking off from Daytona and crashed to the ground 600 feet from the first point of impact. The absence of reasonable notice to those operating and navigating the aircraft that an object had been erected which constituted a hazard to the aircraft taking off. |
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