Martin 404 N40412

30 May 1970 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 May 1970 at about 09:30 local time, a Martin 404 registered N40412, operated by Lehigh Acres D, was involved in an accident during in flight near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 33 people were on board and one died, 14 were seriously injured, 16 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 May 1970 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Martin 404
Registration: N40412
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Lehigh Acres D
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chamblee, Ga → Fort Meyers, Fla
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0757

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
33	1	14	16	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LOST PWR ON BOTH ENGS.SERVICED WITH JET FUEL BY IMPROPERLY TRAINED PERS.LND ON HIWAY, HIT CAR, BRIDG

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0757, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Martin 404 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Dec 1970	Martin 404 N143S	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Fatal	-
10 Feb 1970	Martin 404 N40402	Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1970	Martin 404 N464M	Silver Plume, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Golden Eagle A	Fatal	30
25 Aug 1972	Martin 404 N469M	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	C.m.h.leasing	No injuries	-
21 Feb 1972	Martin 404 N259S	Columbus, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1968	Martin 404 N251S	Oxford Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 21 records for this type

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20 Jan 1970	Piper PA-28 N98044	Norwood, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	E W Wiggins AI	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N71359	Albany, New York, United States no coordinates	McIntyre Aviat	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1970	N American SNJ-4 N6411D	Dothan, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N8862X	Ridgely, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Charles B Todd	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28 N6505J	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	Sperry Air SER	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1970	Aeronca 11AC N3247E	Butler, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

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