Date: | Saturday 30 May 1970 |
Time: | 09:30 |
Type: | Martin 4-0-4 |
Owner/operator: | Le High Acres Development Comp. |
Registration: | N40412 |
MSN: | 14116 |
Total airframe hrs: | 21613 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB17 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 33 |
Other fatalities: | 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 23 km S of Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK/KPDK) |
Destination airport: | Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:While climbing out of DeKalb, the no. 2 engine lost power, followed by the no. 1 engine. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing on Interstate Highway 285. After skidding 0,5 mile, the aircraft struck a passenger car and collided with the side of Moreland Avenue Bridge.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improperly serviced aircraft (ground crew)
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: inadequate supervision/training of ramp crews
miscellaneous acts, conditions - fuel grade-improper
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts, conditions - failure of two or more engines
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NTSB/AAR-70-25 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB File 3-0757
Location
Images:
photo (c) William Rodney Galloway; 23 km S of Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK); May 1970
photo (c) FAA; 23 km S of Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK); May 1970
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