| - | 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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